Subj : Should EMulation....
To   : Amcleod
From : Spaceman Spiff
Date : Sun Jul 09 2000 08:16 am

RE: Should EMulation....
BY: Amcleod to Hax0r on Thu Jun 08 2000 04:54 am

 > RE: Should EMulation....
 > BY: Hax0r to Tinman on Wed Jun 07 2000 09:27 pm
 > 
 >  > Well I have to agree with the philosophy, and I agree that you have the r
 >  > to choose to break the law and pirate that ware -- but, what exactly is w
 >  > with duplicating *ANYTHING* that you legitimately own for personal use?
 > 
 > Blatant pieces of kiss-up, legislative injustice like the DCMA aside...
 > 
 > So long as you are doing it _for_your_own_use_ I don't think there's anythin
 > wrong with it.  If you want to take all your Van Halen CD's and mix up your 
 > "Best Of" disk on CD-R that's fine.  It's when you start giving them away or
 > selling them that you are essentially crossing the line.

That makes sense and is how I unerstand it. Also you can video tape movies off
HBO and watch them later.

That should be no different from running my Digital Radio reciever into my PC
and recording my favorite tunes and burning my own CD, I am recording on CD not
tape...but esentially it is no different than recording HBO or even Xfiles off
FOX for later viewing.  I paid for the Digital Radio service like I pay for
HBO.

But in truth, the music artists I really like, I do go out and BUY there CDs
even if I can get a lot of their MUSIC off radio, not becasue of the quality of
the recording but because I want the original CD with ALL their songs and I can
look at the CD cover and see the lyrics and photos of the band.

I kind of miss the old vynl album covers, remember Pink Floyd Dark side of the
moon with POSTERS in them you could put up on the wall. Ok, I was 14 when I had
the Flyod posters on the wall. The music is great on CD but I miss the bigger
Album covers. Shoot...I got off on a tangent. :)

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