krochat;201427 Wrote: > So, what exactly is "piracy" vs fair use, especially for material you've > already purchased in a different format? >
I'm not a lawyer either, but my understanding is that the legality of these things is rather unclear. The law simply isn't specific enough to answer many of the questions you asked, and so the only way to determine legality is through the interpretation of the law by a judge. Therefore until a case arises that specifically revolves around one of those questions the legality is simply not known. Of course the record companies will always give you the most restrictive possible interpretation, but what they say can't be trusted. My guess is that owning an LP is not enough to allow you to copy the CD version, as the LP and CD versions would probably be considered to be different recordings. Similarly, making a copy of a CD from the library and keeping that copy for personal use is probably also illegal. See here: http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#107 So you may be allowed to record some portion of the CD if you intend to use it for education or research. Making a copy that you keep only while you have the CD checked out is another matter. For one thing every time you play a CD using a CD player or computer a (very temporary) copy is resident in memory anyway. More importantly this is clearly in good faith and doesn't affect the copyright holder in any way, so it almost certainly would be considered fair use. -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
