Patrick Elliott wrote:
>  you could, for legit use, photocopy pages out of 
> a book, for a classroom, or to show someone, etc., as long as you don't
 
> *sell* the book, or its pages, to someone else.

That's not actually the case, and never has been.

> You simply can't *at all* ***EVER***, even if the use would otherwise b
e 
> considered legitimate.

I don't believe that's true.  See, for example, this:

http://futureofmusic.org/article/summary-dmca

"The exception to this rule is when people want to make a copy of a work 
for 
“fair use.” "

If you have legal access to the work, you're allowed to bypass the DRM in
 
order to do anything legal, including "fair use" (which includes selling 

your original).

> secondary laws, dealing with recorded content, and sue you for, "using 

> the content in a performance.", as happened to a few people that made 
> the mistake of playing their music in a restaurant in at least one case
 
> I know of.

Yes. That's called "public performance", and it's not one of the legal 
rights you get when you purchase the content.

> They could, in principle, even deny you the right to what you already 
> have, if they put in a clause for it, rent it to you (I mean WTF), and,
 
> more to the point, stop supporting the device, in effect, denying your 

> right to ***everything*** you bought that is on it.

This isn't true, as I understand it.  I'm sure there are loopholes and su
ch, 
and that it's more complex than either of us are giving credit for, but t
he 
intention isn't to keep you from playing stuff you legally own.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Serving Suggestion:
     "Don't serve this any more. It's awful."

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