My God, someone else knows what they are talking about.
I feel almost giddy. I love the e-mail address. I might try setting
up a new separate e-mail for MD-L only so I can speak the truth
without people on the list harassing me through personal e-mail. It's
a real problem!!!
I tried to explain why the below was so (having a formal law
school education on the subject and having practiced copyright law to
a limited extent) and how it came to pass, and found myself the
subject of scurrilous attacks from all corners.
This man speaks the truth, ladies and gentlemen!!!! You can argue
with it, but you can't defeat it!!!! You'll just prove you don't
honestly know what you're talking about!!!
It's unethical to e-mail someone when they ask you not to!!!
It's unethical to personally attack someone when you're
too lazy to verify whether they are right or not!!!
It's not unethical to copy a CD to MD!!!
THINK.
Regards to the list, Steve
On Sun, 26 Dec 1999 21:56:46 -0800 (PST), in you wrote:
>Hey list,
>
> I haven't posted in a long time, but some of you
>who go way back will remember me and the many flame
>wars I got into over this issue and others. I think
>it's time someone cleared the air here. It seems that
>every so often we have to go down this road of
>"Illegal Copying" and point out what the law actually
>says. I find it ironic how such terms as "ethical"
>and "legal" are so easily tossed around by fellow list
>members. The law is simple and straight to the point.
> It is neither illegal or unethical to copy CD's to MD
>or nearly and other derivation involving copying or
>recording. There simply is no ethics or legality
>questions involved.
>
> Have any of you bothered to read the American
>Home Recording Act of 1976 and it's 1992 Ammendment
>before showing the list your ignorance regarding the
>issue? Judging from most of your posts it would seem
>to me that you haven't only not read it, but you
>haven't a clue what it says. Let me quote it for you,
>(and in case you don't believe me look it up at
>http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/ch10.text.html )
>
>"No action may be brought under this title alleging
>infringement of copyright based on the manufacture,
>importation, or distribution of a digital audio
>recording device, a digital audio recording medium, an
>analog recording device, or an analog recording
>medium, or based on the noncommercial use by a
>consumer of such a device or medium for making digital
>musical recordings or analog musical recordings."
>
>Note, that from the previous sections of the AHRA
>which you can look up yourself, only home recording
>equiptment that contains SCMS and analog devices that
>comply with the law are covered by the previous quote
>(this excludes MP3's and computer CD-R drives).
>However what it does say is that you can't be
>prosecuted (no action may be brought against...). It
>covers all noncommercial use of MDs, Audio CD-Rs,
>Audio tape, ect. This means you can borrow your
>friends CDs and copy them to MD (that's not
>commercial). You can copy your own CDs to MD (that's
>not commercial). You can record just about anything
>with a covered device and not worry about anything.
>
>Copying tapes is legal, Copying CDs to tapes is legal,
>Copying a CD to a CD (using a home Audio CD-R deck) is
>legal, Copying CD to MD is legal, Copying a MD to a MD
>is legal, Recording off the radio is legal. I think
>you are beginning to get the idea. Maybe some of you
>would like to argue that even though it is legal it's
>still unethical, but good luck with that one. You pay
>a fine (tax) for my "breaking the law" on each blank
>tape, Audio CD-R, and MD I buy and you should resent
>that. The fact is we all should be outraged that we
>are assumed to be criminals by the US government and
>as a result we are fined up front for what we are
>"going" to do.
>
>So go ahead and Copy and record to your hearts
>content,
>Seth
>
>p.s. It's legal
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