when video recorders were first put on the market in uk,there was alot of talk about not taping the films off the telly cause they were copyrighted and it was against the law ,when one of the manufacturers was interviewed he said that they (VCRs) are for playing your own bought films in the house and not for copying,he was then asked then WHY was there a record button on these devices,his reply well um you can copy it for your own use so long as you dont sell them on ,all this copyright crap, if goods were sold at a reasonable price in the first place pirating would not be so much of a problem,mike