*** Quoting Perry Smith from a message to Moderator ***

PS> Given that most automobile manufacturers provide audio equipment to 
PS> playback an MP3 now, the question of copywrite is moot anyway.  A 
PS> true audiophile should be able to rip tracks from his personal 
PS> collection and save in Mp3 format anyway.

Well, that's not why that clause is there.

Back when I first took over this echo, the MP3 format was brand-new and the
¨copyright issue was all the rage.  People got hot under the collar about
P2P ¨distribution, et al.  I just didn't want to deal with it.

It's legal here in the US to make an archive copy for yourself of a
copyrighted ¨item (a la music, software, DVDs).  That's not really what I
was aiming at-it ¨was the distribution gray area that I didn't want brought
up.

I'll make sure to fix that for the next posting. ;)

Later,
Sean
AUDIO Moderator

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