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In article <5858@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> jans@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Jan Steinman) writes:
><...While it is technically illegal to tape copyrighted recording material, 
>people do it all the time.  And it hasn't killed the record/CD industry.>
>
>Re-read the Copyright Act.  It is not illegal to tape copyrighted recording 
>material for personal use.  Even the powerful recording artists lobby knows 
>this. 

I think that the taping that the original poster had in mind was
making multiple copies or copies for friends.  If you have ever made a
copy of a performance and given it to a friend, you have broken the
law.  This is the taping that goes beyond the "free use" clause in the
copyright act and that the recording industry wails about.


> The latest CD/DAT copy protection scheme allows *one* copy to be made of 
>any one CD.  Sounds great -- those who have a financial interest in defeating 
>it will easily, while your average Joe will get his "extra DAT for the car" 
>from the black market!  Sigh.  At least it's better than the idiotic notch 
>previously proposed!

Actually, i think that the compromise that was negotiated between the
recording industry and DAT companies was a little different.  I
believe that the circuit in the cassette will prevent DAT to DAT
copies, but not CD to DAT.  This will make mass reproduction
inconvenient, but not impossible.

>
>Perhaps follow-ups belong in rec.audio?

Probably.  This is wandering a little, but current legal opinion
concerning the copyright act is a very important topic for the FSF (i
think :-)

>
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				jim

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