Yule Ritual

[Tom Clark]

I think if I bought it, then it should be perfectly fine to make my own
"best of" compilations, and give the gift of music to friends who may
otherwise decide not to go out of their way to hear or buy Hawkwind music,
or at least let them borrow it for a while.  Mostly, I find that they wind
up going out subsequently and purchasing Hawkwind music as a result.  It is
certainly not done in the spirit of trying to rip anyone off, but instead,
to spread the music.    Contrary to belief, not everyone has heard of
Hawkwind, or even cares, especially the younger generation, and I find
delight in turning people on to Hawkwind.  It's hard to make people go out
initially and buy Hawkwind music if they have not had the occasion to hear
them to begin with, especially here in bumfuck Louisiana, where all we get
on the radio is a heavy dose of county music, and latest Kid Rock music in
heavy rotation.

Hope it is not wrong to think that way.

Just had to thrown my two cents (pence) in.

Happy Christmas!



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Guizar" <jguizar at STNY.RR.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: Yule Ritual


> From: "M Holmes" <fofp at HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK>
>
> > Andrew Garibaldi writes:
> >
> > > Well - if ya want to be "picky", it's illegal to do CDR copies of
> anything
> > > that is legal copyrighted product, especially if it's still in print.
> >
> > That's not my understanding. For example it was legal to make a tape of
> > an LP you owned for use in your car. It's also legal to make backups of
> > things you've bought legally so long as you don't let anyone else use
> > those backups.
>
>    I thought he was talking about the paragraph below. The part about
> making a backup ("copy") for someone else (from your CD). I'm not
> a lawyer, but I'm not too sure about the last part. Under Fair Use in
> the US, I believe I can make copies of CD's I own, and I can even
> put together a 'compilation' CD which I can give to a friend, but I
> don't think I can make a copy for someone else - unless they
> provided me with the original and I returned both the original
> and backup. Again, I'm not a lawyer and it's just my opinion.
>
> > > Maybe the solution would be for those who have the non-heavy version
to
> > > assist with backups for those with the heavy one. As I understand it,
> > > it's not illegal to have backups for personal use of something you've
> > > already bought and it's not illegal for someone to help make those
> backups.
>