On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:21:47 -0800, "seanadams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Peter;271683 Wrote: > > > > As a business it's not a bad thing. You just store everything you ever > > > > ripped on a big RAID system and the next time someone comes and gives > > you Hotel California you just hand 'm the pre-ripped copy. Money easy > > > > made. The more customers you get the less you do... > > > > Actually, none of the ripping operations are allowed to do this because > of a precedent set by a record industry lawsuit against a tape dubbing > company some 20 years ago. You have to rip _the customer's_ CD to make > a copy for him, even if you've ripped it a million times before. Sorry > I can't find a reference - maybe someone else remembers the name of the > company.
Ah, so you looked into this... For the US, that may be the case, but the world's (thankfully) bigger than that. Still I can imagine you wouldn't want the record company lawyers on you back. Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
