On Tue, 28 Dec 1999 10:27:46 -0500, in you wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>> Does that mean makin MP3 versions and copying a CD
>> using CD-ROM recordable drives is, strictly speaking,
>> illegal?
THE MAN, Mr. Woudenburg, writes:
>
>Yes, it would seem so (CD-ROM recorders are not AHRA compliant).
That's not my take. In my view (though the point is arguable), home
recording in America was legal before the AHRA, is legal during the
AHRA, and will be legal after the AHRA. The ammended AHRA was an
unconscionable bribe from congress to the recording industry to make
them stop interfering with technological progress by threatening to
sue every manufacturer who wanted to sell a consumer-grade digital
recorder in the U.S. Before the amended AHRA, almost no one would
sell a consumer grade digital recorder in the U.S. for fear of
lawsuits from the recording industry.
The reasons home recording is legal in the U.S. are very deep rooted
and go way, way beyond the AHRA. Unless you have an extremely
compelling reason (for example, child pornography), you do not tell an
American what he can and cannot record in his own home. In my view,
that's the big picture.
None of this is legal advice.
Regards to the list, Steve
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