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From: whh@pbhya.PacBell.COM (Wilson Heydt)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: The Worm on NPR, 10 Nov 88
Message-ID: <21672@pbhya.PacBell.COM>
Date: 19 Nov 88 04:58:31 GMT
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In article <7900@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU>, wolfgang@mgm.mit.edu (Wolfgang Rupprecht) writes:
> >You can.  Instead of lamenting that you missed the opportunity to steal a
> 								   ^^^^^
> >copy of their report by pirating a copy, you can call NPR (202-822-2000)
> >and ask to BUY a copy.  They'll be happy to accommodate.  $15, I believe.
> 
> I would be very surprised to hear that the right to record radio shows
> doesn't fall under the same "time-shifting" fair-use provision of the
> law as the legal recording of TV programs with a VCR.

*That* issue was settled in the '50s.  It is legal to tape off the air
for your own use without violating copyright.  However--you'll probably
get a better copy by purchasing it from NPR.

    --Hal

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