"Rob" wrote in message
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On 22/03/2011 11:56, Arny Krueger wrote:
"Keith wrote in message


If you gave me a CD, I would rip it to disk (256K) and
give the CD to the local Heart Shop....

Copyright law violation noted.

Yes, there's a fella on another NG who does this, except
he threatens a little more than make a personal note!

No threats, just an observation.

The point is that the license to listen to the music on the CD is sold with
the CD and inseperable from it.

If you give away or sell the CD, you also give up your licence to listen to
the music.

If you keep the CD then you keep your license to listen to the music, which
you may exercise by listening to a backup of the media, such as the Mp3
file.

He insisted I destroy all the CDs I'd ripped, rather than
give to charity.

That doesn't work, either.

Obviously, there is no copyright police that are going to go around and
check on this.

However, copyright owners have been pretty sucessful at making public
examples of people they select randomly.