From: Eric Woudenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 3:58 AM
Subject: Re: MD: It's that time again (the AHRA and copying)
>
> "Magic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I beg to differ - what is a musical recording if it isn't content?
> >
> > This is the wrong point to argue anyway - it's the exchange of the
content
> > that causes the problem, not it's duplication.
>
> Matt, we're getting somewhere! You agree home recording is okay now?
> We can move on to the problem of what I do with my copies of your CDs :-).
>
> Rick
>
Rick, I've never said recording at home is a problem, it's the recording
"for a friend" or swapping the CDs where my point lies. The AHRA seems to
being used to make it alright if you "borrow a CD" and record it or you
record a CD and "give the copy to a friend". There is no part of the AHRA
that says anything at all about giving the copies away, it just says I'm
allowed to copy stuff, which I was allowed to do before the AHRA existed!
The point being argued is whether the copies made have to be of music I
already own, or whether I am allowed to make copies for a friend - I still
argue that you are not because this act breaches copyright, and as far as I
can tell the law backs me up on this, both in the US and the UK. If
recording CDs to MD for my own use is illegal then I'm as guilty as anyone
else - it's one of the reasons I bought a portable MD.
Magic
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"Creativity is more a birthright than an acquisition, and the power of sound
is wisdom and understanding applied to the power of vibration."
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