For the UK perspective, I don't think it is legal to rip music at all. Check this out: http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/
> Acts that are allowed > > Fair dealing is a term used to describe acts which are permitted to a > certain degree without infringing the work, these acts are: > > * Private and research study purposes. > * Performance, copies or lending for educational purposes. > * Criticism and news reporting. > * Incidental inclusion. > * Copies and lending by librarians. > * Acts for the purposes of royal commissions, statutory enquiries, > judicial proceedings and parliamentary purposes. > * Recording of broadcasts for the purposes of listening to or > viewing at a more convenient time, this is known as time shifting. > * Producing a back up copy for personal use of a computer program. > * Playing sound recording for a non profit making organisation, > club or society. Nope, nothing there. Let's try fair use then: > 1. What is fair use? > > In copyright law, there is a concept of fair use, also known as; > free use, fair dealing, or fair practice. > > Fair use sets out certain actions that may be carried out, but > would not normally be regarded as an infringement of the work. > > The idea behind this is that if copyright laws are too > restrictive, it may stifle free speech, news reporting, or result in > disproportionate penalties for inconsequential or accidental > inclusion. > > 2. What does fair use allow? > > Under fair use rules, it may be possible to use quotations or > excerpts, where the work has been made available to the public, (i.e. > published). Provided that: > * The use is deemed acceptable under the terms of fair > dealing. > * That the quoted material is justified, and no more than is > necessary is included. > * That the source of the quoted material is mentioned, along > with the name of the author. > > 3. Typical free uses of work include: > * Inclusion for the purpose of news reporting. > * Incidental inclusion. > * National laws typically allow limited private and > educational use. > > 4. What is incidental inclusion? > > This is where part of a work is unintentionally included. A > typical examples of this would be a case where holiday movie > inadvertently captured part of a copyright work, such as some > background music, or a poster that just happened to on a wall in the > background. > > 5. Points to keep in mind... > > The actual specifics of what is acceptable will be governed by > national laws, and although broadly similar, actual provision will vary > from country to country. > > Cases dealing with fair dealing can be complex, as decisions are > based on individual circumstances and judgements. This can be a very > difficult area of copyright law. > > To avoid problems, if you are in any doubt, you are advised to > always get the permission of the owner, prior to use. Well "National laws typically allow limited private and educational use" might seem to help, but there is no specific provision for ripping in the UK. Therefore, if you are a strict rule-follower in the UK, the legality of any music you have copied from your own CDs is dubious at best. I suggest you join us chaotic establishment-challengers :) Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who don't listen to any of last.fm's top artists' (http://www.last.fm/group/People+who+don%27t+listen+to+any+of+last.fm%27s+top+artists) SB+, EAR 859, Living Voice Auditorium II plus some other stuff SB3, Shek d2, Ming-Da MC84-C, Harbeth HL-P3ES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36487 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
