Posted by speeder on 10/26/05 18:54

On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 23:44:24 -0500, "Danna Parson"
<Danna@bitternut.net> wrote:

>A recent trip to a flea market brought something to my attention I hadn't
>considered before. There was a woman selling store bought CDs. Getting into
>a conversation she told me she would buy new CDs and copy them to her PC,
>then burn them onto CDs for herself, her family and her friends. She would
>then sell the store bought CDs (not the copies) to make some of her money
>back. Is this legal? I asked her, but she didn't know either. Thanks.

What is legal? To re-sell the original CD or to make and keep the
copies?

Re-selling the CD is legal (as long as you pay taxes). Keeping the
copies is subject to interpretation. I think it's "fair use" but the
RIAA might not.

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