On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 18:44:25 -0800, Roy Lewallen
wrote:
I submit that there's a poorer source of legal information than
administrative offices -- interpretations of the law by people who
aren't lawyers.
....
So by your interpretion of the law, it's ok for anyone to make a copy of
a patented item for personal use (which was the original statment)?

Whose making interpretations now? :-)
The findings already answered the matter with sufficient emphasis as
to intent. If you cannot distinguish intent, you should seek legal
counsel.

Your response reminds me of the satire in "Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy" where the planet Galafria suffered from serious continental
erosion from too many tourists. They were warned that visitors had to
weigh as much when they left as when they arrived, and were thus
warned under penalty of surgical balance to take care to obtain a
receipt each time they visited the 'loo.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC