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Swan song for Napster, which of course is about to be reborn as a paid service, Napster in name only.

Various links concerning Fair Use. This is for librarians, but it generally applies.

A FAQ on Fair Use from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Here is a mess of information about U.S. taxation of mutual funds. The reason I chose this link is because in the U.S. mutual funds pass on to their shareholders the tax consequences of profits or losses on sales of securities that underly the mutual fund share price. If you, as an investor in a mutual fund, are responsible for paying tax on capital gains from the sale of the underlying asset, then you are considered to be a beneficial owner of the underlying asset. Now think of it in terms of those 100,000 CDs. As an investor in the fund that owns those 100,000 CDs, you have beneficial ownership rights in those CDs. Among those beneficial rights are the rights conferred by Fair Use.

The Recording Industry Association of America. They know who they work for and it isn't you.