I would say you are not stealing, in fact you bought the CD, it got damaged but it's a simple scratch, enough to destroy the product (flawed design, or innately flawed?) If you ask me it wouldn't be stealing, in fact it would be a replacement and an inferior one at best. On Jan 21, 2005, at 4:39 PM, david wrote: > I own a CD which has become scratched and is now unplayable. Am I > breaking > the law if I download the mp3s with Kazaa? > > Interesting question, isn't it?