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Re: Arrggh!
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Date: 
Sun, 19 Nov 2000 23:38:11 GMT
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MATTDM@MATTDM.saynotospamORG
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Christopher Lindsey <lindsey@nospam.mallorn.com> wrote:
Because in one case it's deemed fair use; in the other you're republishing
the work.  But I don't claim to understand the legal intricacies to really

But there's *exactly* no difference. If I make an MP3 of a track from my own
CD, it'll be exactly completely the same as one I download from the internet
(assuming the same software and options used to create it). If the law
doesn't recognize this fact, it's gonna need to be updated.


be able to explain this intelligently.  However, since MP3.com was sued for
this exact same behavior and lost, it makes me think that it's illegal.

Nah, MP3.com lost because *they* had copies to which they had no license.

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(...) Not because they had copies (that's fair use under the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992, United States Code, Title 17, section 1008), but because they *distributed* copies for which they had no license (17 USC s. 1103). Chris FUT: (...) (24 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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(...) Because in one case it's deemed fair use; in the other you're republishing the work. But I don't claim to understand the legal intricacies to really be able to explain this intelligently. However, since MP3.com was sued for this exact same (...) (24 years ago, 18-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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