quoted 3 lines On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Aaron Trumm wrote:> On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Aaron Trumm wrote:
> > I've never heard or read anywhere that said you have a legal right to
> > copying cd's over and over as long as its for personal use. certainly
the
quoted 1 line idea is that companies don't mind if you copy but ONLY if it's for> > idea is that companies don't mind if you copy but ONLY if it's for
personal
quoted 1 line use, but I'd wager there's no law on the books having to do with a> > use, but I'd wager there's no law on the books having to do with a
person's
quoted 7 lines inalieable right to copy> > inalieable right to copy
>
> yes it's called "fair use of copyrighted works." search for "fair
> use" on google and you'll find plenty of shit in the lawbooks protecting
> consumers' rights to fair use (aka personal copies).
>
> -j
in that case you have a good point. I wonder what fair use law says about
copy protection. probably nothing, probably there's a loophole - or maybe
not - maybe that's why technology exists to allow one and only one copy of
things (that's been around since early days of software copy protection)
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