Re: Is the record industry turning to Trojan horse programs to copy-protect CDs?

[Juraj Ziegler <e () hq sk>]

On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 03:27:35PM -0400, Jonathan A. Zdziarski wrote:
> I guess my point is, if you want to rip CD's, don't agree [via EULA] not
> to do it in the first place.  If you truly believe that ripping CDs and
> putting them on a P2P network is ethical (as many do), then you violate
> your own ethics by agreeing not to and then doing it...so just do it,
> without agreeing to a contract.

Pardon my ignorance, but I don't see the implication between ripping CDs
and sharing the resulting mp3s on P2P networks. Over here, in good old
Europe, one has the right to create a backup copy of a CD (or any other
media) for personal use. The law does not specify the format of this
copy => I can make mp3s as a backup copy of my CD and carry them around
on my laptop. For personal use, that is :)

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