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Old 08-26-2010, 03:00 PM   #63
Ben Thornton
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
I suspect, Ben, that many of us would feel that there is an ethical difference between ripping your own CD to your iPod for personal listening, and giving copies of that CD to a third party. Both are (in the UK) copyright infringement but, certainly to my mind, the first is not unethical, but the second is.
And I would agree with you, but I've been surprised by the number of people who wouldn't. I've found the article in the Guardian - last paragraph. Shameless, or what?
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