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To: Cogito who wrote (60754)	1/14/2007 5:44:10 PM
From: inaflash	Respond to of 213186

I have not heard of any case involving ripping music from CDs not owned by the ripper. The music industry is concerned with piracy on a much larger scale than that. I'm not sure what the exact legal picture is with respect to this. I have read that sharing in a very limited way with friends is protected under the "fair use" provisions of the law. But I am not a lawyer, and I really don't know if that is so. I've read in a published (printed) publication a "tip" by a writer that recommended ripping all your CD's and selling the used CD's. Something I believe the music industry would have a problem with. If this were somehow a legal loophole, then there's a Netflix equivalent of music by mail that's around the corner (I highly doubt it). The music industry actually wants some limited exchange (word of mouth), but doesn't want total replacement of the purchase of every possible sale. Controlling and balancing these two needs is tricky and that's probably why they haven't gone wholesale against smalltime sharing. Besides, catching someone doing that is extremely difficult, and penalties bound to be limited.