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Re: More Ethical Shit Hits the Fan

From: barth@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Richards)
Date: 21 Jun 89 20:03:26 GMT
Subject: Re: More Ethical Shit Hits the Fan
Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
References: <CMM.0.88.614358203.relph@PRESTO.IG.COM>
Reply-To: barth@ihlpf.UUCP (79146-Richards,B.)



>Really-From: John M. Relph <relph@presto.ig.com>
>
>>Post it?  How?  They don't let convicts use computer terminals! :-)
>>I wonder how many cancelations for the tape IED will receive now?  After
>>all, he has a master list of people wanting the tape--and their addresses.
>>That would make it all too easy for the FBI.

As far as I know, there is no provision in the law that makes the purchase or
possession of bootleg recordings illegal.  You are free to purchase and listen
to whatever you want.  It's the making of a profit from such material that
the law proscribes.


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