This is an amazingly fun and persistent thread because it never gets
settled, we all just get tired of it and go back to what we were
doing.
"Jeffrey E. Salzberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > "No action may be brought under this title alleging
> > infringement of copyright based on the manufacture,
> > importation, or distribution of a digital audio
> > recording device, a digital audio recording medium, an
> > analog recording device, or an analog recording
> > medium, or based on the noncommercial use by a
> > consumer of such a device or medium for making digital
> > musical recordings or analog musical recordings."
>
> OK, it says that you may transfer devices and media; now quote the
> part where it says you may transfer *content*.
Jeffrey, doesn't it plainly say you can use compliant digital
recorders and mediums for non-commercial *recording*? If recording
isn't the transfer of content, then what is it?
I don't understand why this is so confusing. The AHRA spells out that
non-commercial recording (i.e. typical home recording practice) using
AHRA compliant devices is not actionable (read "protected"), and that
in compensation for the losses this may cause, a tax is levied.
The original question was about trading of recordings. My reading is
that trading of a non-commercial nature (i.e. not for money) using
AHRA compliant devices is protected under the AHRA. I'd be happy to
read a section of law that you think refutes this.
Best wishes,
Rick
p.s. I would like to add that I think ethics issues are present when
copying a CD you didn't buy, but that we should leave ethics alone
since personal beliefs also enter the picture and we will never settle
those here. We do however, have a slight chance of settling the legal
status of home taping and trading in the US. Let's stick with that,
okay?
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