Yes, but here on this list there has never been a definitive answer. Many
people here still consider this an open topic. I agree that there is a
legal answer on the books, but people are interpreting that answer as they
see fit.
on 2/11/02 1:25 PM, Stainless Steel Rat at ratinox_at_peorth.gweep.net wrote:
>
> * Thomas Cherry <jceaser_at_mac.com> on Mon, 11 Feb 2002
> | More to the point, I think that if you do own a copy of a work in format A,
> | then you can make a copy of it in format B, so long as you don't use A and B
> | at the same time. However, there has never been a definitive answer on
> | this. See the LOTR thread of 2001 (or was that this year). We beat this
> | issue to death there (or if you like stoned it).
>
> Actually, there have been several: MicroSPARC v Amtype, RIAA v MyMP3.com,
> RIAA v Napster to name three.
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