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Tony,
You _can_ do this, but in the UK at least it's illegal.
The concept of "Fair Use" - that you can make a single copy in another
format for, say, use in a car, is a US concept, that's also enshrined
in
law in several European countries. In the, there's no such concept, and you
are
breaking the law every time you rip a CD to MP3, or even copy it to a tape
to
play in the car.
In the US, it's now illegal to make _digital_ copies without
permission,
and "Fair Use" doesn't apply. (This is the whole point of the Digital
Millenium
Copyright Act.) Similar legislation is currently being considered by the
European Parliament.
In the US, it is also illegal to develop (NOT SELL, just DEVELOP)
anything
"designed to circumvent the DMCA". That means that, say, RealAudio might
LOSE
the ability to rip anything that wasn't covered by an appropriate DRM
licence.
There are a number of ongoing court cases. At least one software
developer
has been arrested in the States, for developing such software.
Frankly, it's all a big fight - with the hardware developers (ie - the
Linns, or for that matter the SonicBlues), and the libertarians in one
corner,
and the traditional recording industry in another. The problem THEY have is
that
the Internet fundamentally breaks their profit model, so they are fighting
back
by lobbying the US Government for beneficial legisalation. The problem WE
have
is that US legislation is being used as the basis for EU legislation
here.
Ironically, Sony's hardware division makes a ripper, that Sony's
software
division is lobbying to make illegal. Anyone who's worked for a large
multi-national will have no trouble believing that such policy
inconsistencies
abound inside an organisation :-)
Regards,
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: BUTLER, Tony,
FM
[mailto:roaming@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Thu 03/10/2002 08:59
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
Cc:
Subject: RE:
[ukha_d] Re: Lossless audio conversion / DIY Kivor?
Thanks Nikola,
It makes for interesting reading, but
>from
intent on downloading and pirating
music...
You can copy a CD to
tape,
or from CD to a Creative Nomad jukebox for
instance for your own
personal
use at the moment. I don't see that putting
it on your home server
for yourself if any different.
Perhaps ppl like turtlebeach and slim
devices will have to release some sort
of patch to play protected
content
at worst....
Tony
-----Original Message-----
From: Nikola
Kasic [mailto:nikola@xxxxxxx]
Sent:
02 October 2002 16:25
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: RE: [ukha_d]
Re: Lossless audio conversion / DIY Kivor?
Try here: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html
-----Original
Message-----
From: BUTLER, Tony, FM [mailto:roaming@xxxxxxx]
Sent:
02 October 2002 15:58
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [ukha_d]
Re: Lossless audio conversion / DIY Kivor?
> Erm... except
Microsoft is committed to REMOVING the ability
> to turn it OFF in a
forthcoming version.
Hadn't heard that - do you have a link to an
article or something out of
interest?
Dunno how that will work for
ppl
who record their own music and want to
distribute
it...
T.
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