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In article <1992Sep25.192653.26512@psisa.psi> ph@pencom.com (Patrick Hester)  
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.
> 
> When you copy from CD to DAT you are NOT getting direct digital transfer.
> You are introducing an analog step in between. So the CD reproduces  
> perfect analog signal which is then redigitized. There is some loss but  
> not enough to notice on a single copy.

If you use the digital ports on the DAT and CD, then the copy IS pure digital.   
An EXACT copy.  Which is no different under the law than an inexact copy, the  
copyright laws still apply exactly the same to DAT as to analog cassette, and  
8-track!  If you bought the CD, and use the copies yourself, it's not illegal.

Jim