- if I buy a new CD, I am presumably entitled to record it for local
> (computer/IPOD/backup/whatever) use. If I do that, am I (legally or
> otherwise) prohibited from reselling or giving away the CD?
Yes. You can think of the original media as holding the license for your use of the material. You own the media, you do not own all rights to the material on it. But possession of the media gives you limited rights of use (as written on the back of the disk).
If you sell the media, you are also selling your rights to use the material on it.
--scott
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