I remember when the reccord compaines were trying to sue the cassette reccorder companies because they didn't want people sharing copies of their music. It was the same thing that's going on now, except now, it's a LOT worse. They lost that series of cases back then. I believe the fallout of one of those cases was the rule that you are entitled to make a single backup copy for yourself or something like that.
I just remember the reccord companies freaking out about those infernal tape reccorders with their "Reccord" buttons ! They wanted the reccording function removed from them.
If the reccord companies had had their way back then, the 80's mix tape would never have existed.
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