So, let's see if I have this right ... If I burn a copy of a CD that I own to play in my car for personal enjoyment, I'm okay as far as "the law" is concerned. But ... If I play the burned CD in my car for awhile, then give it to a friend at no charge, just as a gift, then I'm an "unethical" person?
If I have an expensive bicycle that I replace with a new one, and I give my old bicycle to a valued friend at no cost, am I then somehow "cheating" the manufacturer of the old bicycle out of a sale? How about if I sell my old bicycle to a private party ... does that make me an "unethical person?"
I like the philosophy of The Grateful Dead ... "Once out into the air, it is no longer ours, it belongs to our fans." They even allowed private recordings to be taken at their live concerts. That's why we have so many Grateful Dead bootlegs.
My take? If I buy a new CD, the musician makes money. The CD at that point is my personal property. It no longer is the property of the musician or the studio that produced it. It is mine to do with what I want. The musician doesn't deserve to make money in perpetuity on resale, after resale, after resale of the same CD. No more than the bicycle manufacturer deserves to make money from subsequent resale of used bicycles.
There are just too damned many attorneys who are desperate for work out there ... and they are grinding the country to a halt with their rules and regulations.
Enough is enough ...
OP
