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Re: Intellectual Property Question
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Fri, 26 Sep 2003 23:56:10 GMT
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This is a good question, especially since I am in this situation.

Before moving from CA to FL, I tried to get my entire 250+ CD collection burned to
MP3s, so I could cram them on an Archos to listen to in the moving truck (they
totalled more than the 20Gig it could hold, so I didn't get all of them on).  I have
an older Chicago album that somehow got cracked from the hub outwards, about 1".  I
was able to rip it to MP3s except for the very first song, "Baby What a Big
Surprise".  I really don't want to buy another copy just for the one song, so I need
to try to find someone that has the CD and can send me the track (in raw CDA format,
not MP3, as I also need to burn a standard CD copy of it in case I want to play it
in the home stereo).

Personally, I think I am in the right to try to get a copy of the track, as I still
do have the cracked copy (which does play, but you have to skip song 1 quickly).

I also have a Pink Floyd album that had a scratch on the front that went through the
backing, so one song has a glitch (I think it was Division Bell).  So I need a copy
of that song.

But since I am new to the area, I doubt if I will find a local copy any time soon.


Dave Schuler wrote:

For purposes of this discussion, let's posit that music companies *have* the
right to control distribution and to make copies of their products, and also
that the consumer is granted the "fair use" right to make personal copies of
purchased music.  For purposes of this discussion, file-sharing systems like
Grokster, the late Napster, et al, are expressly excluded.

I bought a CD earlier this year at a retailer and have listened to it frequently
since then.  A week or so ago I noticed that the disc has suffered some kind of
incurable damage that makes playback, duplication, or repair impossible.
However, a friend happens to have purchased this same CD from the same retailer,
and his copy works fine.  Since I have paid for a single copy of the disc, am I
legally entitled to make a duplicate of my friend's CD?  Or have I merely
purchased the right to own and make personal copies of one particular disc,
meaning that my right to the CD is voided when the disc breaks?  For that
matter, if the latter is the case, can I still retain my own burned copy of the
disc after the original is lost, or must I destroy that copy?

Just wondering.  I maintain a pretty strict interpretation of intellectual
property protections and fair use, so I'm particularly intrigued by discussions
along these lines.  Thanks for your input.

     Dave!

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Tom Stangl
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Tom: I suppose you realize you could just download these two songs, right? The RIAA has specifically targeted uploaders, not downloaders. The theory is that it is possible to have a need, not unlike you own, that might make downloading a song a (...) (21 years ago, 27-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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For purposes of this discussion, let's posit that music companies *have* the right to control distribution and to make copies of their products, and also that the consumer is granted the "fair use" right to make personal copies of purchased music. (...) (21 years ago, 22-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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