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From: peters@cubsvax.UUCP (Peter S. Shenkin)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: copying CD's and the law
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Date: Wed, 14-Nov-84 11:09:50 EST
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I believe that what I have said has aways been true of recorded 
material -- at least as far as making copies of record to cassettes.
Perhaps also it makes a difference if the use is personal, rather 
than public.  

Copyright law -- like most law -- tends to be arcane, and what pertains
to books may not pertain to sound recordings, or computer programs.

Of course, the other question is what the law SHOULD be -- the ethical
basis.

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