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>Before streaming when someone bought a CD they bought just that copy you weren't permitted to make a copy of that CD at any time. I guess it depends on what y
by rblatz 9y ago
>Before streaming when someone bought a CD they bought just that copy you weren't permitted to make a copy of that CD at any time.
I guess it depends on what you mean by permitted, was I legally allowed to copy the CD? Yes, was I also able to pick my favorite tracks and make a custom playlist CD? Also yes. You were also free to rip it to your computer and put it on your iPod. It's called Fair Use and since there was no DRM on a CD you were free to utilize your fair use rights.
- 333c 9y ago> Also yes. You were also free to rip it to your computer and put it on your iPod. It's called Fair Use That's not how Fair Use works. Fair Use is about making transformative works like "commentary, search engines, criticism, parody, news reporting, research, and scholarship" (according to Wikipedia). Not copying entire songs for your personal use.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> That's not how Fair Use works. Fair Use is about making transformative works Fair Use covers more than transformative works. See, notably, Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, 464 U.S. 417, 455 (1984). Though while audio ripping of the type descrived could have been considered general fair use much like space shifting was in Sony, it actually was covered under a separate statutory allowance to avoid ambiguity, as the Audio Home Recording Act; this was found to cover ripping mp3s specifically in RIAA v. Diamond Multimedia, 180 F.3d 1072 (9th Cir. 1999), which specifically cited Sony’s Fair Use result.