[juneau-lug] Re: October Meeting



On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, James Zuelow wrote:

> way.  The other formats are more useful - for example, I can cram 10+ audio
> CDs onto one ogg CD.  Then I can leave the ogg CD in the drive and listen to
> any of the music on it whenever I chose to, instead of having to change CDs
> all the time.  This is known as "fair use."  I move the music from one form
> to another that is more convenient for me.
>
> Currently the RIAA is trying their best to make that practice illegal, or at
> least technically impossible.  However until they succeed, I'm more than
> willing to help show people how it's done.

To reply to my own post, here's a link on some proposed legislation that
would affect the issue.  Contrary to legislation co-sponsored by one of
our own senators, this is actually friendly to the little guy:

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http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4193841.htm
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Cheers,

James


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