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From: kurtzman@uscvax.UUCP (Stephen Kurtzman)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Digital Audio Cassettes...
Message-ID: <29@uscvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 2-Oct-85 13:46:51 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct  2 13:46:51 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 7-Oct-85 03:44:41 EDT
References: <523@decwrl.UUCP> <190@mmm.UUCP>
Reply-To: kurtzman@usc-cse.UUCP (Stephen Kurtzman)
Organization: CS&CE Depts, U.S.C., Los Angeles, CA
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Summary: 

In article <190@mmm.UUCP> schley@mmm.UUCP (Steve Schley) writes:
>In article <523@decwrl.UUCP> francini@argus.DEC writes:
>>I happened to read somewhere (the latest Digital Audio, I think) that the 
>>EIAJ is working on wrapping up the design of a standard for digital audio 
>>cassettes.  While they have yet to decide whether the system is going to be 
>>helical-scan or linear, one thing they HAVE decided is the sampling rate.
>>
>>48 kHz.
>>
>>This was set DELIBERATELY in order to prevent direct digital copying of 
>>CDs, with their 44.1 kHz sampling rate.
>>
>>The bloody bastards.
>
>I would like to know why anyone would want to do direct, digital
>copying of CDs to tape.
>
>Seems to me that any such activity would be blatant violation of the
>copyright laws.  If that is what you're after, say so plainly.  Say
>PIRACY, not "direct digital copying".
>
>If you don't think it's piracy, let's hear why not.
>
>-- 

Most people don't consider it piracy to make a backup copy of the
software they buy. That is what the person wants to copy -- the
digital audio software that he has purchased. The courts uphold
this interpretation of copyrights (i.e. an individual has a right
to make copies of music/books etc for their own purposes). If this
type of copying was illegal the courts would have found in favor of
Disney and against Sony in the big VCR battle.