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From: keithe@tekgvs.UUCP (Keith Ericson)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Digital Audio Cassettes...- and copying
Message-ID: <1234@tekgvs.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 1-Oct-85 17:09:17 EDT
Article-I.D.: tekgvs.1234
Posted: Tue Oct  1 17:09:17 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 3-Oct-85 05:47:10 EDT
References: <523@decwrl.UUCP> <190@mmm.UUCP> <1380@hound.UUCP>
Reply-To: keithe@tekgvs.UUCP (Keith Ericson)
Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
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 In article <1380@hound.UUCP> rfg@hound.UUCP (R.GRANTGES) writes:
 >[]
 >Have you ever copied a record onto
 >a cassette? Are you thereby a pirate? Millions of people don't
 >think that they are when they do so for their own use and, most
 >often, own the record they are copying.
 >
This brings up a point that I've been meaning to bring up for quite a
while now. Here's the (perhaps hypothetical) situation: I own my stereo
system which includes a high-quality tape recorder (say a Beta HiFi) but
does *not* (yet) include a compact digital disk player. My friend,
however, does own both a CD and a Beta HiFi. Now I know it is outright
illegal to just make copies of his CDs for me to just take home and
listen to. *BUT* - and here's the heart of the question - what if I
already own an LP version (purchased legally and owned legitimately) of
the CD and now want to make a Beta HiFi copy of the CD? I think we all
agree that it is legal for me to make a tape copy of my LP; am I
restricted from making a copy of the same material from my friend's CD
just because I don't own the copy in that specific medium? Does purchase
of the LP give me the right to make a Beta HiFi copy of the CD?

Let the opinions begin...

keith
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