Gilbert, Its got to be ten years now since the landmark case of Disney vs Sony in which the Supreme court ruled that it is OK to tape for home/ personal use. However, they were very careful to state in the ruling that they were not addressing any venue other than home/personal taping and specifically to adressing taping by educational institutions. Do not however, bring those tapes to class since as soon as they enter the classroom they become illegal copies and are not allowable under the fair use guidlines which specifies that for fair use you must have a legally acquired tape. Sort of a catch-22. Stan Diamond St. Lawrence Univ. [log in to unmask]