Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!eneevax!hsu From: hsu@eneevax.UUCP (Dave Hsu) Newsgroups: net.music.classical,net.rumor Subject: Re: "loaning" CDs Message-ID: <568@eneevax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Mar-86 11:32:25 EST Article-I.D.: eneevax.568 Posted: Thu Mar 13 11:32:25 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 15-Mar-86 19:55:44 EST References: <2c50391a.2a75@apollo.uucp> <44@btnix.UUCP> Reply-To: hsu@eneevax.UUCP (Dave Hsu) Organization: Imperial Widget Research Center, Kingdom of Maryland Lines: 24 Xref: watmath net.music.classical:1951 net.rumor:1545 In article <44@btnix.UUCP> worth@btnix.UUCP writes: >> Did you really think that just because you BUY >> something gives you the right to transfer ownership >> to anyone for FREE? Come on! > >Are you really implying that in the USA it is illegal to >lend your neighbour a lawnmower say! or was this a :-) ? Absolutely not. CD's (Certificates of Deposit? :-) ) are protected by copyright. On the other hand, if you're loaning your neighbors that perfect replica of a 1985 Toro that you've been lovingly mass-producing in your garage... -dave -- David Hsu Communication & Signal Processing Lab, EE Department University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 hsu@eneevax.umd.edu {seismo,allegra}!umcp-cs!eneevax!hsu ARPA n. [acronym for Advanced Research Projects Agency.] An agency of the U.S. Department of Defense established in 1968 to test its defenses against misuse and piracy in the large-scale distributed processing environment. -Stan Kelly-Bootle, "The Devil's DP Dictionary"