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Originally posted by MagiK:
Just to be perfectly clear here [img]smile.gif[/img] I do NOT pirate music, I wouldn't pirate music, but if I pay for a CD I expect to be able to pull songs off of it so that I can make my own compilations for my OWN use only. I also expect the CD to work in a CD player, that is any cd player weather it is in a PC or hanging from a belt or in my car. Anything less is too inconvenient for me to worry about.
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And all fair expectations, and your right to use copyrighted material that you have bought in such a fashion. If you own a copyrighted material, you are free to make copies for your fair use. In education, this has even been held to include the distribution of such things to a classroom - but the education exceptions are pretty complicated. But, generally, you own a copy of the thing for your fair use, and can make copies as you please. Note that on a video, it specifically says copying is not permitted for *public* viewing or use.
Note that licensed material is not the same. With a license, you do not own a copy of the thing (program, etc) on the CD, only the right to use it. So, you have no right to make a copy of Windows - you only have bought the right to use the one copy in the box. Billy boy Gates was a smart MF, with smart MF lawyers I tell ya. If the record industry ever makes such an attempt with the way it treats its intellectual property, we're in for a helluva big battle.