Am I Right Or Am I Wrong?
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: Adster
Ok i was having a huge argument with my Uni teacher last night over the fact that I thought it was Ok to be able to ripp your OWN bought collection of CDs onto your HD.
He was to the fact that it was ilegal and had to document that crap for the up and coming assignment of a fictional company that I have to do.
Now is it illegal to rip your own collection onto your HD??
I alwasy thought it is ok
I think its pretty f*cked if you bought your own CDs and you still can't do whatever you want with them.
If im right link me to proof please?
If Im wrong then I admit Im wrong
thanks
Posted by: thedirtyd
i think it's alright just as long as you don't sell it or anything. the proof is that the bigtime media players out there have added that feature in so it must be legal. otherwise the companies like Real Media and Windows Media wouldn't be able to put it in their programs. look at the back of your CD cover to make sure. it usually says something about reproduction.
Posted by: Adster
yes thats the other thing we were debating on as to why mp3 players were legal I mean why make them legal?? if mp3 are ilegal altogether
Posted by: DarkBlizzard
I dont know about using the word rip ( cuz its kind of a hmm..." criminal" word lol i dont know ), but if you "copy" ( well rip) your songs with Windows Media Player then its legal and all. i dont know about other stuff. But we never said anything about trading them online. :lol:
Posted by: Gre1
Yes, its perfectly legal to make a backup copy of anything u already own but u can't distribute it. If u want a link just search on yahoo for something of that nature like "Is it legal to make a copy of ____"
Posted by: 3rd gen noob
it's legal to make a backup copy of any digital media as long as only the original or the backup is in use at any one time
obviously you can't distribute the original or the backup but you are allowed to make one copy for personal use
Posted by: Gre1
I just wrote that.
Posted by: RPerry
Originally posted by Gre1@21 August 2003 - 00:13
I just wrote that.
And I also agree that you are correct ;)
Posted by: 3rd gen noob
Originally posted by Gre1@21 August 2003 - 05:13
I just wrote that.
you didn't write that both the original and the backup can't be used at the same time
this is a key point in the law
<_<
Posted by: Paul
Now is it illegal to rip your own collection onto your HD??
In the Netherlands it is.
Here we are even allowed to make a backup copy of a CD or DVD.
Posted by: MagicNakor
Likely depends on your country. It's legal in Canada.
:ninja:
Posted by: ISthisLEGAL.com
Not Legal in the U.K to make back ups! if it breaks you have to buy another one,
RIP OFF BRITAN! THE LAND OF THE RIPPED OFF!!!!!
Posted by: 3rd gen noob
Originally posted by ISthisLEGAL.com@21 August 2003 - 17:27
Not Legal in the U.K to make back ups! if it breaks you have to buy another one,
RIP OFF BRITAN! THE LAND OF THE RIPPED OFF!!!!!
i'm from the u.k. and i'm 99.99% sure this is correct
" it's legal to make a backup copy of any digital media as long as only the original or the backup is in use at any one time
obviously you can't distribute the original or the backup but you are allowed to make one copy for personal use"
have you a link to what you say being correct?
Posted by: zapjb
Here: http://www.chillingeffects.org/copyright/s...i?search=backup (http://www.chillingeffects.org/copyright/search.cgi?search=backup)
Posted by: 3rd gen noob
and for the uk
http://www.psx-paul.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/main.htm
Posted by: shn
Who cares :huh:
I dont think the feds or whatever goverment entity you have in your country is going to send a tactical police unit to kick down your door after they gas the house and yell on a bullhorn for you to: "DROP THE DVD-RW DRIVE AND COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP.!" :lol: