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In article <dillon.0ocj@overload.Berkeley.CA.US> dillon@overload.Berkeley.CA.US  
(Matthew Dillon) writes:
> >In article <Bv3o9G.FGw.2@cs.cmu.edu> ddj+@cs.cmu.edu (Doug DeJulio) writes:
> >>In article <dillon.0o6s@overload.Berkeley.CA.US>  
dillon@overload.Berkeley.CA.US (Matthew Dillon) writes:
> >>    Unfortunately, it is ILLEGAL to store or otherwise process (except to
> >>    simply play) the RAW BINARY data from an Audio CD.
> >
> >I don't believe this is true.  It's silly.
> >
> >You mean if I have a digital equalizer and use the digital out port of
> >a CD player I'm doing something illegal?
> >
> >If I do it in my own software rather than using a prebuilt componant
> >to do it, how is that different?
> >
> >If I've got both a CD player and a DAT player, and I copy a CD onto
> >DAT *FOR* *MY* *OWN* *USE*, that's illegal?  That's not reasonable.
> >If I were to copy a CD for someone else, sure, that's piracy and it's
> >illegal.
> 
>     Welcome to the world of audio-media giants.  The CD players are
>     frightened to death that the DAT players will take over the market,
>     which is why it has taken so long to get DAT into the US... all sorts
>     of delaying lawsuites and positioning going on.
> 
> 				-Matt
> 
Folks, IT AIN'T ILLEGAL TO MAKE A DAT OR OTHER DIGITIAL COPY OF A CD!
It IS illegal to sell/give away/make a public performance with/use as music on  
hold/etc., WITHOUT prior permi$$ion; but just making a copy, digitail or  
otherwise, for YOUR own personal use, of a CD YOU purchased legally, is NOT  
illegal!!!


> >--
> >Doug DeJulio
> >ddj+@cmu.edu
> 
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Jim