On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 12:25:48 -0600, Richard J Kinch
wrote:

Pat Ford writes:

I asked the intellectual property guy here at work ( we have a guy
who does
only IP stuff) if I'm allowed to have mp3s, he said if you have the
cd/vinyl/tape a back copy is legal, I don't have to make it, as long
as only 1 copy is ever used at the same time.

I can see why someone might feel that way, but being that copyrights are
arbitrary, both in basis and enforcement, who knows?

Someone who had studied the law would know. The law is significantly
different in Canada than in the United States. What Pat was told is
probably correct -- in Canada.

I suspect RIAA would
say you need to pay for an MP3 re-encoding even if you own the PCM CD, you
didn't buy a license for re-encoding, and those rights belong to the
author, too.

The RIAA would like to say that in Canada, just as you like to claim
that you're right. Neither of you are correct because both of you are
not in accordance with the law. In the RIAA's case, Canadian law, and
in your case, US law.

--RC

"Sometimes history doesn't repeat itself. It just yells
'can't you remember anything I've told you?' and lets
fly with a club.
-- John W. Cambell Jr.