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I read the information and it appears that from the First Sale doctrine it is legal to make a personal copy of a copy righted work.
If you give away that copy though, you're breaking the law. You have to give away the original and destroy the copy or vice versa.
I'm ok with that.
I was suprised to learn how much the First Sale doctrine also appliles to software. The software industry has done a fairly good job at convincing us we have very little in the form of rights when it comes to the software we purchase, but it seems the courts have been using the First Sale doctrine to pretty much tell them all to stick it up their ears.
This also explains to me how the video rental industry and used book store business is able to function without being litigated into non-existance.
Thanks for the suggestion!
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