I don't think they pay much attention to individual use, unless it's on or from a peer-to-peer sharing network.
We have a Rio Volt SP100 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005A1KZ/002-5911755-3413610?v=glance), which is no longer in production. We use a cassette car adapter if we want it in the car. We bought it a few years ago when we were driving cross-country.
I've never bought MP3s online. I've only ever used my own library. We haven't done any ripping from cassette, but you should be able to do it if your tape player has a line out, and your soundcard has a line in hookup. You'll need software to actually do the ripping. I'm not sure what would be best that way. I use Music Match to rip from CD and to burn them to CD.
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We have a Rio Volt SP100 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005A1KZ/002-5911755-3413610?v=glance), which is no longer in production. We use a cassette car adapter if we want it in the car. We bought it a few years ago when we were driving cross-country.
I've never bought MP3s online. I've only ever used my own library. We haven't done any ripping from cassette, but you should be able to do it if your tape player has a line out, and your soundcard has a line in hookup. You'll need software to actually do the ripping. I'm not sure what would be best that way. I use Music Match to rip from CD and to burn them to CD.