Posted by Richard Crowley on 11/03/06 19:24

"PTravel" wrote ...
> "Citizen Bob" wrote ...
>> I can tape a TV show and give it to a friend as long as I do not
>> charge anything for it other than the cost of the VHS tape.
>
> No, you cannot. There is no "personal use" exception for copying video
> (though there is, under the AHRA for audio).

But the AHRA exception does not allow "sharing" does it?
I thought it was intended for personal use, specifically for
format conversion.

Originally, conversion to cassette (Walkman), to 8-track (car
players), to CD, and most recently to MP3 (iPod, et.al.)

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