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From: jans@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Jan Steinman)
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: Free Nelson Mandela
Message-ID: <5858@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>
Date: 31 Aug 89 17:39:19 GMT
Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.
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<...While it is technically illegal to tape copyrighted recording material, 
people do it all the time.  And it hasn't killed the record/CD industry.>

Re-read the Copyright Act.  It is not illegal to tape copyrighted recording 
material for personal use.  Even the powerful recording artists lobby knows 
this.  The latest CD/DAT copy protection scheme allows *one* copy to be made of 
any one CD.  Sounds great -- those who have a financial interest in defeating 
it will easily, while your average Joe will get his "extra DAT for the car" 
from the black market!  Sigh.  At least it's better than the idiotic notch 
previously proposed!

Perhaps follow-ups belong in rec.audio?

							   Jan Steinman - N7JDB
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