Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on August 27, 2003 01:38 AM
Well I think it's a bit of a gray area. You are allowed to copy (hence blanks) but I don't think you can lend it to someone to do the same. Isn't burning ideally for your own backups? (lol I actually know ONE guy who really does this - every cd is his car is a burned copy of the real deal at home.. smart but costly..)
Regardless, I agree. I think, though, that it would be difficult to implicate this when it comes to p2p because as said by another poster, "Not everyone uses p2p" (most don't, and if traffic is monitored, use encryption) so the tax on internet service by the provider wouldn't work the same as taxing blank cd's (because one who buys a blank definately uses it)
Then again, I suppose if you were using the blank for free GPL'd software my point is moot! lol Nevermind - in fact we should fight for that blank cd tax $$$ back!! lol
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Gray area?
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on August 27, 2003 01:38 AMRegardless, I agree. I think, though, that it would be difficult to implicate this when it comes to p2p because as said by another poster, "Not everyone uses p2p" (most don't, and if traffic is monitored, use encryption) so the tax on internet service by the provider wouldn't work the same as taxing blank cd's (because one who buys a blank definately uses it)
Then again, I suppose if you were using the blank for free GPL'd software my point is moot! lol Nevermind - in fact we should fight for that blank cd tax $$$ back!! lol
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