Thread: the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.
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Old 10-31-2007, 06:31 AM
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Re: the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.
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Originally Posted by Michael View Post
So what your saying is if I have 700(which i do) albums and take them and put them to A Hard Drive Digitally thats wrong even if im not giving them to anyone?I also Own about 800 to 900(some are doubles of the Albums) Cd's which i riped to itunes for my use as well is that wrong?In my eyes i find that completely legal.I buy CD's all the time and rip them to Itunes.
I believe this was answered (in the US) by SCOTUS in the Univeral Studios, et al. vs. Sony Corp. (now famous as the Betamax) case. It has been determined "fair use" (see 17USC § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use) to make copies of copyrighted material for personal use.
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