AA> Unless you own copyright in the material you wish to copy, or
 AA> the copyright has expired, you will need the permission to
 AA> re-record music from tape and vinyl to CD for the purposes of

Demonstrably false.  People do it all the time, and they do not secure
permission.  There is therefore no "need" to secure that
permission.

It's like claiming that what you say to other people may not be copied. 
Utterly ridiculous.  It'd be like claiming you're not allowed to quote text
from your correspondent's echomail message!

People copy what they hear other people saying, have done so for eons, and
will continue to do so as long as they exist as a species.  Just because
some people have figured out a way to charge money for others to listen to
what they have to say, doesn't mean that they get to bypass that right. 
That's what it's all about -- charging money.  Copying music doesn't
infringe upon artist's rights -- it infringes upon their profits.  Many of
us don't get to profit from what we have to offer -- they are not exempt
from this particular facet of the human condition.

They have figured out a way to profit from their ability to produce, and
I'm all for that.  We have all done that.  And what happens when it's no
longer profitable?  We find other ways to make a living.  Artists make
plenty of money in other ways -- and if production of recorded music is no
longer a profitable venture, then others will have to find a way to profit
from it.  And others will.

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