Reply To: Non-yiddishe music on ipods

usual while walking, driving, or doing any other activities. Therefore, it is proper

to discuss what one is and what is not permitted to copy as far as music CDs

and tapes are concerned. One should not say that copying is permitted. That

for stealing from music producers and artists. Many people are accustomed to

Every CD that is copied steals at least five dollars from the producers. If all the

money lost on the CDs that are copied would be added up the producers etc. are

losing a lot of parnasa, despite their investing a lot of time and money to create

something that the public is interested in. One wonders why some people who

are very stringent to keep every custom even when it may have little backing in

A CD or tape which is no longer sold in stores and is not possible to buy may

be copied from a friend.96 However, one must make sure that the item is really

not available for purchase. Many old tapes are still being sold online (by the

original producer or someone who bought the rights to them). One who owns

a CD or tape and is scared it may get lost is permitted to copy it. One who had a

CD or tape which broke may make a copy of it from a friend. One who owns a CD

or tape may make a copy of it for personal use. For example, he may make a copy

for his car, since it can be assumed that the one would not buy another copy of

the CD or tape for his car, so no loss is being caused by the copying.97 A CD or

live at home. However, once a child gets married a copy may not be made for

that child. It is permitted to copy a song off the radio since the quality is not

as good as it would be if one were to buy the CD or tape. Music that is offered

on the internet may not be copied since it is only put there for one to listen to.98

Some producers maintain that the forty-five second clips that are offered on the

internet may be copied. Copying a CD or tape is forbidden even if one would

never buy the CD or tape.99