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Backup copy of that CD onto your PC? ..illegal!

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  • 31-12-2007 9:39pm
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    zod
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    "the industry maintains that it is illegal for someone who has legally purchased a CD to transfer that music into his computer.

    I couldn't believe it when I read that," says Ray Beckerman, a New York lawyer who represents six clients who have been sued by the RIAA. "The basic principle in the law is that you have to distribute actual physical copies to be guilty of violating copyright. But recently, the industry has been going around saying that even a personal copy on your computer is a violation.

    RIAA's hard-line position seems clear. Its Web site says: "If you make unauthorized copies of copyrighted music recordings, you're stealing. You're breaking the law and you could be held legally liable for thousands of dollars in damages."

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/28/AR2007122800693.html?hpid=topnews


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    pdebarra
    Registered Users Posts: 260 ✭✭pdebarra


    Same here and in Britain (although I believe they plan to fix it): if you copy the music onto your PC, you should destroy the CD.

    It's an absurdity, of course, but that doesn't mean they can't sue you.


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    zod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭zod


    pdebarra wrote: »
    if you copy the music onto your PC, you should destroy the CD.

    Interesting.

    1. Should you keep proof (a receipt) of having bought the CD, now that the original is destroyed.

    2. Can I give a CD as a gift and therefore by extension if I destroy the CD can I give the copies as a gift ? If so do I still have to keep the receipt?


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    SeanW
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    If you rip songs from legally bought CDs onto your computer - you're liable for thousands for each song? That's me f***ed so.

    This is absolute madness, for so many reasons, but from an industry that is as drunk on power as the media companies, I would expect no less.


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    zod
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    That's because at least one lawyer for the Recording Industry Association, considers the copying of songs from your own CDs to your own computer, for your own personal use, to be just as illegal as posting them online for all to share, according to a federal lawsuit filed in Arizona.

    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,319276,00.html


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    Khannie
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 37,485 Mod ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Sound like the portable mp3 player business is in trouble then. :rolleyes:

    Pure stupidity.


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    Feelgood
    Registered Users Posts: 2,191 ✭✭✭Feelgood


    Well technically you could argue this, I think the default on itunes is that it copies all songs to your itunes library once a CD is inserted. So really it was your computer that did it....sue the bas*ard!.


    Judge: Computer you are charged with illegally copying music to your hard drive, how do you plead?.

    Computer: 100011110001100011

    Judge: I sentence you to death by Windows Operating system installation.


    Knew I shoulda been a lawyer.....


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