Questions about Clipping Warnings

I'm not certain if i'll be able phrase my question correctly or clearly, i'll try my best. Pardon me if it comes across wrong or ignorant.
I open a raw file in Camera Raw. I adjust the basic sliders such that the Highlight Clipping Warning arrow is Black. I assume that because it's black, there is no clipping in the highlights, and by that my understanding is that there is still printable details. I then process the file and open in Photoshop. When i place a cursor over the highlight area, the info reads 254 254 254. Am i right to say that at these numbers, there really isn't any printable details? At what numbers will there be printable details in the highlights?.....and for shadows?
I suspect that my understanding and assumptions made above may be flawed. Please advise.
Thank you!

> I assume that because it's black, there is no clipping in the highlights, and by that my understanding is that there is still printable details.
Yes to the no clipping, no to the "printable details" because that's entirely dependent on the output. And because it's dependent on the output, you'll need to either soft proof or otherwise test and see where the point is that neither extreme highlight or deep shadow produces image data that is not "printable".

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If I rip a CD or DVD into iTunes and someone copies it out, isn't that making an illegal copy?
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Most of my CDs and DVDs contain notices and warnings against distributing copies.
Most of your DVDs have a notice about even simply making a copy, not only distributing copies.
Much of your post has been cussed and discussed by many, many people (lawyers, corporations, organizations, individuals, etc.) and no one has come (or likely ever will come) to a complete agreement.
Generally, "sharing" in the same house hold amongst family members seems to be okay. Outside the same household/family is almost always not okay.
I envision, for example, a college dorm building where there's several hundred people living together on the same network subnet, and all of them have Home Sharing enabled and everyone is copying thousands and thousands of songs to/from one another. Is this now legal?
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This is exactly what Napster was and why they were sued & shut down.
I imagine Apple lawyers have done their homework as well as consulted with the labels to discuss these exact issues.
And it's called "Home Sharing" to indicate that it is not "Dorm Sharing" or "Workplace Sharing", or even simply "Library Sharing"etc. even though it may be possible to use it in other places than the Home.
Users on other computers need to know your iTunes ID and password to enable it Home Sharing. Likely this is how Apple got the lables to be okay with it.
Are you gonna give (and get) dozens/hundreds/thousands/any other users your iTunesID & password?
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