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From an article I was just shown…
“You see, there is something very important, that the vast majority of both consumers and video professionals don’t know: ALL modern video cameras and camcorders that shoot in h.264 or mpeg2, come with a license agreement that says that you can only use that camera to shoot video for “personal use and non-commercial” purposes (go on, read your manuals).”
Steve Brame
creative illusions Productions
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“I’d like to see them try to enforce it.”
Pretty much my take as well. Since most of the cameras have the wording “professional’ and ‘professional use’ in their marketing materials and manuals, I’d have a hard time believing that any judge would find for them.
I mean, seriously, how many non-professional videographers attend NAB?
Steve Brame
creative illusions Productions
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Unless you are planning to play out to broadcast directly from your camera which I don’t see anyone doing. Any DVD you make or web encoding you use has already covered those agreements at the software licensing level…
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Here is the pertinent license section from the HMC-150…
“This product is licensed under the AVC Patent Portfolio License for the personal and non-commercial use of a consumer, and no license is granted or shall be implied for any use other than the personal uses detailed below.
– To encode video in compliance with the AVC standard(“AVC Video”)…
Doesn’t specify “playing out directly from the camera”. In fact, it only addresses “encoding to the AVC standard”. When you record, you encode to the AVC standard. If you charge for recording, therefore, encoding to the AVC standard, then you are in violation of the license agreement.
Now, I certainly don’t plan to immediately halt using my 150, and I sure don’t expect or advise anyone else to. Just thought it was interesting to note.
Steve Brame
creative illusions Productions
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Impressive…
Steve Brame
creative illusions Productions
VODSouth
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