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>Back in the day of the cassette (?), we thought nothing of making a copy for a >friend of our favorite music that we thought he/she might enjoy. Somehow, the >>music industry was vibrant and healthy then, seemingly. I think I saw a major >change when the film studios and the recording industries wanted closer control >>of their "profit margins" with copy protection, or am I wrong? By the way, I >still have my Sony cassette recorder patched into my sound system. I hope no >one >will report me. >Rod Stephens These days I have an Alesis Masterlink hooked up so I can record a stream from my computer. I barely ever use it, but I can if I want to. Recent captures include: The Rolling Stones performing Dylan's "Watching the River Flow" with Bill Wyman on bass. Almost 3 hours of interviews with Augustus Stanley Owsley III I believe that my copying of these items is protected as long as it is for my own personal enjoyment and/or research. It's not that I want to "own" these recordings, but I just want to hear them more than once. In this day and age, wanting to hear something more than once is a big accomplishment for an artist.. -Matt Sohn