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I'll try and type up a precis of the situation for those who don't know about it ( virtually all the non fud has been posted in french on university and legal sites for months now ..Bloomberg has most of their information on this issue bassackwards as do nearly all the anglophone commentators ..they always think that school grade french or even a languages degree without living in the country means they can understand the nuances of language ) ..
I would have posted further on the matter in the Sony thread but
<cough>I was never one to drag thread off topic ;))</cough>..
also I need to be carefull to avoid being
a) perceived as being "political"
b) entering too far into subjects the discussion of which might result in legal problems for Brett if the discussion gets too detailed on his fora
some last minute exterior rendevous to see to and I'll apply myself to the task ..
( I may well submit it to "premodding" via sticky to mods here prior to posting I don't know USA law well enough to avoid all potential pitfalls in such a discussion ..even treading carefully )
I think the confusion is due to sloppy journalism.
If downloading music was illegal in the USA, and im not sure if it is, I think it would be a legal nightmare to prosecute.
The tax creates some sort of quirky loophole that lets *me* make duplicates of music for my own use. I believe if you bring your Brittany Spears CD over to my place *I* can legally duplicate it myself, for my own enjoymemt. Same thing goes for downloads - I can download for my own purposes. It's a different story if you make the duplicate for me.
I know all this from trusted sources like linux user groups and local websites :).
