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This Site Was Created For Strictly Non-Profit TV Show Trading.
 
Site Activation Date: July 1998
 

  • This site is all about my passion for collecting and preserving great television shows .

  • Here you will find the many great television shows that I have acquired over the years.

  • All of my shows are available for you to exchange with me for your own collection. If you are looking for something in particular, feel free to ask and if I do not have it myself I will do what I can to help you find what you are looking for. Also please report any dead or broken links to me immediately.

Now as we all know a lot of questions have been raised about the legality of video exchanging:
 
So is Non-Profit Video Exchanging Legal?

1. To the best of anyone's knowledge, there has never been a Canadian or American Supreme Court decision concerning non-profit exchanging and there are no specific laws against it. However the F.B.I and other law enforcement agencies be it American or Canadian do have the power to make examples to discourage duplication and distribution.

2. In a phone interview (conducted 10-31-94) with Officer David Grossman, Copyright Squad of the F.B.I. states "copying video is a violation only if commercial gain is made. We are only involved with major copyright infringement cases, people manufacturing and selling thousands of tapes or DVD's, we don't get involved in the mom and pop operations, one or two videos being copied. Video exchange for non-profit is not a concern of ours, it's not major enough for us to get involved. Essentially, he states that the F.B.I. is not concerned with non-profit exchange but they can be when thousands of copies are being made and sold." But this may still not stop them from making examples to discourage others.

3. In addition, after speaking with a representative of the Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunications Commission these facts can also be brought up. The representative I spoke to stated that recording of television shows for non-profit video exchange is not paid too much attention to if absolutely no amount of money is made no matter how small. It must be a video for video exchange without the two parties exchanging any kind of money at all. Also once the exchange is made neither of the two parties can turn around, copy and then sell the other parties work for profit it must also be just a simple exchange.

4. Video exchange is not given much scrutiny unless videos recorded from television shows are being sold or if an individual copies then exchanges or sells copyrighted commercially released material. As long as an individual does not draw too much attention to themselves by duplicating and selling mass quantities then little to no attention is paid but this does not prohibit the government or law enforcement agencies  from choosing to make random examples of individuals to discourage others from video duplication and distribution.

Unfortunately there is no solid, factual 100% answer to the question is non-profit televsion show video exchanging legal or not. There a lot of grey areas. It just depends on what parties are doing the looking.

If anyone has more questions go the address below you may find it helpful:www.innermind.com/myguides/misc/faqtrade.htm

 

I will be updating this site frequently as I add to my collection, so please check back often.

If anyone needs to contact me click on the link below:

Contact Me

Here are some general rules that I insist that anybody trading with me must follow:

1. I can put the shows I have onto VHS or DVD. If doing a trade involving DVD's, I only use and accept Sony or Memorex DVD-R's these are the only two brands my equipment will operate with. 

2. I can only deal with people who have NTSC capability.

3. I trade time for time. Eg: If I send you 6 hours of a series then I expect the same in return!

4. Just because I have the full series of a show listed on my site does not mean all of the episodes in that series is great quality therefore I will only give you the episodes that are of good quality and I will not bother with the poorer quality episodes unless requested otherwise.

5. My shipping options are very limited. I can only ship via surface or air. I am unable to offer tracking numbers or anything like that. So please be patient! If we are exchanging, we each pay our own shipping to each other.

6. I ask that people I am dealing with to please watch their picture tracking. I have had a few problems with this so I make it a point to watch the picture tracking when I do my recording so I ask that you do the same.

7. I am not able to remove any commercials from my video recordings nor do I expect anyone I deal with to do so either. I am a very busy person like everybody else and I just do not have the time. This rule is NON-NEGOTIABLE. I am sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. 

Thank You!

Before you enter my website you must read and agree with my legal notices and disclaimers:

Legal Notices And Disclaimers:

By contacting me in any way you acknowledge the following statements:

1. I affirm that I am not working for any television production studio/network, anti-piracy group or affiliated organizations.

2. I am not a member or employed by a professional organization such as ASCAP,MPAA, CMPA,AMPA or any other such group or association.

3. I am not employed by the government,any affiliated agencies or any type of sub-contractor/independant agent.

4. I am not a postal inspector.

If you fall into any of these categories you CANNOT  legally and WILL NOT enter this site to attempt to access or inspect any files pertaining to this web site. 

By contacting you, I understand that: these exchanges are collector to collector!

In regards to the legality of the Video Home Recording Act settled by Congress with the Home Recording Act (P.L 102-563, 106 Stat 4237, Codified at 17 U.S.C 1001-1010) in October 1992.  No action may be brought under this title alleging infringement of copyright based on manufacture, importation or distribution of a digital or analog recording medium or based on the non-commercial use of such a device or medium.  No rights are intended, expressed or implied.  If a trade is not possible, I can provide a service from one collector to another. Any claims to and for the rights of said materials can be forwarded and requested for removal from the list. Removal of these items from this site will then immediately be implemented.

If you choose to enter this site without agreeing to the terms listed above you will be violating Code 431.322.12 of the Internet Privacy Act which means you cannot threaten the site host's or my ISP or any company hosting these pages and you cannot threaten or prosecute any person or group affiliated with this site nor any person or group entering and viewing this site.

 

Thank You!

 

When contacting me about exchanges you must state in any form of contact with me that you have read, agree with and support my rules, legal notices and disclaimers otherwise we will not be able to do business.

The show data used on this site have been obtained from a wide variety of sources with the main intent of adding the greatest level of familiarity with the programs.

All previously copyrighted content such as video, text;etc; remains the property of it's copyright owners. The posting of such content on this web site can not, and does not, give anyone any rights to said content that they did not otherwise have; and anyone who uses or changes in any way the afforementioned contents does so at his or her own legal risk.

If anyone believes that their copyrighted work has been used without authorization or as allowed by law please contact me with the following information;

1. An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;

2. A description of the copyrighted work that you believe has been infringed;

3. A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;

4. Your address, telephone number and e-mail address;

5. A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, it's agent or the law;

6. A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

And if you still have any issues then click on the link below for some information regarding The Berne Convention Act of 1988.

Berne Convention Act Of 1988

If you feel you can comply with the rules,conditions and disclaimers stated above please click on the Television Shows List below to enter this site.

Television Shows List

And if you feel you cannot agree to the conditions or disclaimers stated above then I ask that you:
BE ON YOUR WAY AND HAVE A GREAT DAY!

Food For Thought
 
Peter: "Look a shooting star!, Make a wish."
 
Allison: "What should I wish for?"
 
Peter: "Maybe for a better world, for a better way of being where no person will lift their hand in an act of hostility towards another person. Or perhaps a wish for peace, an all pervading peace that will span the world where love, joy and human kindness will flow without cease." 

Please let me know what you think of my collection and site!

Special thanks goes to the wonderful people of Television Of Your Life for your sources of legal notices and disclaimers and other relevant information.

This site is dedicated to the memory of my good friend Rick Ursan to whose knowledge of the television medium has made this site possible.
 
Thanks Rick! You will be forever missed.

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