Don - Evidently the Act is still there ... Check this:
formatting link
Take a look at "Exemptions ..." near the bottom of the page. And keep in mind that any particular law is subject to interpretation by clever lawyers!
snipped-for-privacy@NOSPAM.gmail.com (Rick Merrill) wrote:
>> You don't actually 'buy' music -- you buy a media that contains the music
>> and you do not have the permission to duplicate that media ... at least
>> that's the way it was until moving music to other media became so easy.
> Does the Audio Home Recording Act still have any effect?
> Dan Lanciani
> ddl@danlan.*com