Moses McKnight wrote:
> Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
>   
>> Russell McMahon wrote:
>>
>>     
>>>> And what am I supposed to do with all my old vinyl, some of which
>>>> hasn't been re-released digitally ? The industry would say "Tough"
>>>>         
>>> Their attitude is that they do not wish you to copy to any other 
>>> media, even if the material is not available for that media. 
>>>       
>> There may be a point where transforming a CD or a DRM file to "raw audio"
>> may be illegal... :)
>>     
>
> If you look at what is written on some copyright statements, remembering
> what you read or hear would be illegal.  As far as I can tell that
> constitutes storage in a "storage and retrieval system".  What the
> recording industry really wants is for everyone to pay-per-view/listen
> for everything, and probably eventually just pay a mandatory monthly fee
> for remembering what you heard on the radio etc...
>
> Moses
>   
I like the way you think, Moses.

--Bob A
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