Thanks for that link. This is very interesting. According to this page by the RIAA, the Audio Home Recording Act specifies what media types are permitted for home copying, and that non-SCMS digital copying methods are illegal. But when I read this summary of the AHRA, it only seems to specify which medias must implement SCMS, not which medias where copying is allowed. In fact, according to that AHRA summary, it seems that personal-use consumer copying is directly and explicitly protected by the act, regardless of the media.

I wonder which is the correct interpretation? Maybe one day I'll actually learn how to speak Arcturian, so I can read the text of the AHRA and come to a conclusion myself.

All in all, it seems to me that the AHRA didn't adequately predict the ability of personal computers to dupe audio CDs, and now we're in a legal gray area that will need to be resolved with proper addendums to the AHRA which clarify it.

Tony Fabris
Empeg #144