Thank you all for making my point so well, particularly Hesperis, Peter, and Guestoj. I know that it is not cheap to make a recording, and I'm blessed if I know how people did it when thay got $5 for a cassette, and still had recording costs. I may print this out and give it to my friend who told me to just tape his CD, though I think he did get my point in the end.

And yes, I was a bit nervous about the thief getting more than vocally belligerent when my husband confronted him. But I hope maybe he will someday at least feel guilty about stealing intellectual property.

Brett, in an answer to your question about taping for use in your car, I would comment that Harvey Reed sells tapes of the proper length to do just that with his CDs. But he also emphasises that it is for your use only.

I must admit that when I gave away the Kallett-Epstien-Ciccone tape to the friends that liked it so much that it was a couple of years before the money and the opportunity to repurchase coincided.

This is also why I have not put any of my stories into the story book. I have permission to tell them, but not permission to publish same.

CamiSu