Licensed ONLY for non-professional use????

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sebrame

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A friend just sent me this article, which states accurately that...

"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)."

The full article is all over the web, so I may be behind the 8-ball on this, but I couldn't find any other posts about it, and it's REAL pertinent to HMC owners...

http://www.osnews.com/story/23236/W..._Art_and_Culture_is_Threatened_by_the_MPEG-LA
 
These threads are about the 7D, but the same principle applies:

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=205600

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=208982


This sort of language has been in manuals for years.
I believe there was similar language in the DVX manual as well (not in reference to H.264, obviously).


Here is a similar thread concerning the GH1:
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=182686

And a similar discussion about the Hmc-40:
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=182843&page=2
 
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