From: lefty@apple.com (Lefty)
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 94 10:45:27 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: archiving on inet
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Kirk Sheppard asks
>
>Finally what is the tangible difference between storing usenet postings 
>on a hard disk for an indefinite time, or on a cd-rom, or a cd that is 
>re-writable, or tape or any other storage device? Not very much I would 
>argue.

I don't believe that _storage_ is the issue at all.  If I purchase a copy
of a book, I don't believe that I'm violating copyright by making an
archival copy of it _for_ _my_ _own_ _use_.

If I start distributing or selling copies to other people, however, that's
a different matter.

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