Plus, it allows my wife to use the original CDs in her car whenever she feels like it.

Ooh. Isn't this the music piracy that you are talking about?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but when you purchase a CD you are purchasing the rights to listen to *THAT* particular CD? (see My.Mp3.Com/RIAA Lawsuit) Now, it's completely legal to make the MP3s and listen to them for yourself, but when you give the original CD to someone else to listen to (without destroying the MP3s that lie on your machine) isn't that piracy since technically there are two copies of that same album now, and only one was paid for?

I know this is nitpicky, but I'm just wondering. It sounds like exactly what the RIAA is using in many lawsuits (on a much broader scale than you giving the CD to someone else, of course)...

Just curious...

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