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Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 18:49:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
To: Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org>
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On Sat, 19 Oct 2002, Andre Hedrick wrote:

> 
> So could you ask the question a little more blunt?
> 
> "Gee, I am trying to break a US Law on content protection, would you be my
> enabler?  Don't worry, it only effects the US, and we are in a public
> forum.  Also, do you prefer gray or black in your future pin stripped
> suit?"

Unless the rules have changed VERY recently, making a copy of legally
owned music for personal use, such as in the car, MP3 player, etc, is
called "fair use" and is totally legal.

I have no problem with copy protected CDs, as long as they are labeled
clearly so you know they aren't in CDDA *book format.

-- 
bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
  CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.

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