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- From: zeno@phylo.genetics.washington.edu (Sean Lamont)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer
- Subject: Re: reading CD data
- Message-ID: <1k4m6jINNn9e@shelley.u.washington.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 00:49:23 GMT
- Article-I.D.: shelley.1k4m6jINNn9e
- References: <1993Jan21.205345.7268@news.media.mit.edu> <1993Jan22.195631.21751@netcom.com>
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- In article <1993Jan22.195631.21751@netcom.com> abell@netcom.com (Steven T. Abell) writes:
- >mike@media-lab.mit.edu (Michael Hawley) writes:
- >This is, of course, highly desirable.
- >It's also illegal.
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- Why is it illegal? Among other things:
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- 1. If I press an audio CD, I can do anything I damn well please with
- the data on it.
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- 2. If I own a CD, I have the right to have "archival" copies (ie tapes,
- other digital representations, etc.) as long as I don't distribute
- them to others.
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- Aside from the technical problems, there's no underlying legal problem
- with it unless the user chooses to abuse it.
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