Dennis Higbee <den at monger.net> writes: > On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Andrew Bailey wrote: > > [Piracy] > > > On other things, while it may and probably is true that CDs are > > overpriced, this doesn't in any way justify piracy. Sure the RIAA is on > > a crusade to maintain its monopoly on the distribution of music, and has > > behaved badly IMHO, but thats capitalism[1] for you. > > My question (well, one of them) is, "Who is defining the term 'piracy' as > it relates to media?" After all, fair use covers the creation of copies > using cassette tapes, so why doesn't it cover the creation of electronic > copies? It covers making tape copies of albums you own *for your own use*. Not for giving to other people. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info