[MacDV] Re: I-Tunes question + more

[James Asherman]

On Thursday, February 12, 2004, at 10:10  PM, Ken Poppers wrote:

>> When you copy a song to your hard drive from a CD you purchased or a 
>> download from the iTunes music store and then add it to your iTunes 
>> library it makes a copy which goes in users:(your 
>> space):Music:iTunes:iTunes Music:(artist's folders)
>> I always delete the copy that is not in iTunes.  The actual Library 
>> folder in your user space does not contain any songs.

Totally valid. Preferences can be changed though.

>>
>> Here's some questions:
>> 1.  In days of old I I borrowed my buddies' Ted Nugent albums and 
>> made cassettes.  Was I violating copyright?

Maybe.

>> 2.  If I bought Heart's Barracuda album and made a cassette for my 
>> underdash car stereo was I violating copyright?

Definitely not.

>> 3.  If I have an original copy of Elton John's Tumbleweed Connection 
>> LP and I have an mp3 of Burn down the Mission am I violating 
>> copyright?

Definitely not.

The strange question , I suppose becomes whether you MP3'd it yourself 
or downloaded it from someone else's copy. That is where it gets sticky.

Jim

>>
>> Thanks for your help
>>