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Posted by BillL on 10/02/16 11:40
"NRen2k5" <napsterneorenegade@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:FduKf.7528$Jb7.771688@weber.videotron.net...
> testing_h@yahoo.com wrote:
>> Hi all.
>>
>> As many people know, CD's have a limited life, the typical failure mode
>> being the aluminium layer developing "pinholes".
>
> No, actually. A factory pressed CD ought to last a long time, certainly
> longer than any CD-R.
>
>> The problem is that most sensible people back up their valuable disks
>> to CDR in case the original gets damaged. Legally (ignoring the RIAA's
>> protests) you are allowed to make a single backup copy in the original
>> format as long as you have purchased the disk.
>
> Actually, by the letter of the law, in the U.S.A. you're only allowed to
> make copies to certain media with certain devices - such as to cassette
> with a tape deck. Modern interpretation of copyright law is that any copy
> you make for youself and only for yourself is "fair use".
>
>> So, what happens if that original disk becomes unreadable?
>>
>> Is ownership of the original (unuseable) disk enough to stay within the
>> law, or does the copied digital content become illegal the moment the
>> disk is unreadable?
>
> Whether or not the original is readable doesn't matter. What matters is
> that you bought it and that you have proof that you bought it.
>
> - NRen2k5
I have factory pressed CD's from the mid to late 80's (Tracy Chapman's debut
album, New Order's Substance, The Police's Synchronicity that have developed
"pinholes" so although they "should" last a lifetime they obviously don't!
;o)
BillL
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