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From: peters@cubsvax.UUCP (Peter S. Shenkin)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: copying CD's and the law
Message-ID: <268@cubsvax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 4-Nov-84 13:28:44 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov  4 13:28:44 1984
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Regarding the comments below, I believe Andy is incorrect.  
The current copyright law allows any copying of audio material for 
non-commerical use -- even if you make 20 cassettes of a record and send 
them to all your friends for Christmas.  What is illegal is *commercial* 
use -- you may not charge for such a copy.  The courts have pretty 
consistently held to this interpretation of the law.  Over the past few 
years the music publishing industry has lobbied strongly to get the law 
changed, but so far they have not succeeded.  Last year, their efforts
to do so were the subject of a lively discussion in this newsgroup.

{philabs,cmcl2!rocky2}!cubsvax!peters            Dr. Peter S. Shenkin 
Dept of Biol. Sci.;  Columbia Univ.;  New York, N. Y.  10027;  212-280-5517

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>>From <696@ihuxa.UUCP> :
>
>	"i'm in the market for both a vcr and a new tape deck ... i
>	would be using a tape deck to copy a friend's extensive compact
>	disc collection ..."
>
>>From <2972@teklabs.UUCP> :
>
>	"I have yet to record any of my friend Jimmy's CD stuff, but it
>	is on the schedule."
>
>Remember that CDs are copyrighted; to copy someone else's CD for your
>use is to commit theft.  You're taking intellectual property without
>providing compensation, and reducing the return to the artist and
>his/her motivation to continue to make recordings.
>
>I believe that you can legally copy your own CDs for your own use, as
>this falls under the "back-up copies" clause.  There are some who
>disagree with this interpretation.
>
>In an industry which is so sensitive to copyright violations with
>computer software, I'm surprised that multiple people seem to feel no
>qualms about ripping off music.
>
>  -- Andrew Klossner   (decvax!tektronix!orca!andrew)      [UUCP]
>                       (orca!andrew.tektronix@rand-relay)  [ARPA]
>
>