Copyright has both civil and criminal aspects. While AHRA provides immunity
from a civil lawsuit over home recording (and then only under certain
circumstances), it does not address its legality - see
http://www.minidisc.org/ahra.html.
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From: Stainless Steel Rat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 11:41 AM
To: MD-L
Subject: Re: MD: Fair Use
* "Norlin, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, 28 Apr 2000
| Not to quibble over details - but I think the notion that copying a CD to
MD
| for personal use legal is based loosely on case law and not on "fair use".
Actually, it specifically falls under the AHRA (American Home Recording
Act) and generally under international copyright law.
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