Re: Copywritten CDs

Subject: Re: Re: Copywritten CDs

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: : I wanted to make a backup copy of all my CDs because I've spent so much on replacing scratched ones.. So I figured it's cheaper to replace copies (if i scratch one just make another copy of my original) than it is to replace originals... Anyway, is it illiegal to do that? I have no intentions of selling or distributing these copies, its simply to save myself money on scrathced CDs. : Dear Robby Bobob, : Without research I think it is illegal. I also thinks that downloading to a VCR from TV is too. I have not heard of anyone sue, or caught just on personal use. I would not condone it, I'm just saying it as I see it. : Dear , : The Reality Check® is the way to examine an invention to see what can : properly done with it. It is easy to get a patent. It is not easy to make : money, even with a patent. It is easy to spend a lot of money and get a : patent, only to discover that it is of NO value. : I am a lawyer, and also specially registered to practice before the Patent : and Trademark Office. The first thing you do is to keep your invention : secret. A disclosure to a patent lawyer such as myself is in confidence. : There is great danger in using or disclosing an invention before the first : patent application has been filed unless it is in confidence. : Confidentiality is a study in itself. : The cost of the Reality Check® is $250. If you send a written disclosure : of what you have in mind, we can go over it over the phone or in the office : to get a clearer picture IF there is anything that can be done. Getting a : patent in itself may be an expensive mistake. : Send a written description of what you have in mind, with any necessary : drawings and a $250 retainer. The drawings don't have to be fancy, only : understandable. We then go over the disclosure on the phone or in the : office. : Even if I know that I can get a patent for you I may not even recommend a : patent search if it looks impossible to realize your needs. I answer all : questions and don’t mind being challenged. If we do a patent search you get a : credit for the $250 against the search. : There is a scam industry that takes in over $100M a year getting inventors : to file patent applications. Only 1 in 10,000 make more money than they pay. : Even legitimate Patent Lawyers can say yes to you without lying and get a : patent for you that is of no value. : M. Arthur Auslander : Auslander & Thomas-Intellectual Property Law Since 1909 : 505 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 : 212-594-6900, fax 212-244-0028, aus@auslander.com : ELAINE's Workshop(sm) : E arly L egal A dvice I s N ot E xpensive(sm)

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