Of course down here in Australia it is illegal to make any copies no
matter what the reason. So basically all those people running around
with ipods cannot legally use them here as Apple do not allow you to use
the Apple store here. We have no concept of 'fair use' like in the US

On Sat, 2004-11-13 at 07:30, Greg Meyer wrote:
> On Friday 12 November 2004 02:56 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> > Is it illegal if you have a copy of the song on a different media that
> > you purchased?  I have a lot of music on cassette, and it is a pain to
> > record it as an MP3 so I can play it in the truck, or on the computer.
> > (No cassette player in the truck...)
> >
> > I guess it depends on how you define "fair use"...
> 
> And whether fair use as a legal concept is recognized in the country you live
> in.  My understanding is that "fair use" as a legal concept only exists in
> the US.  For instance, it is my understanding that it is illegal to make a
> copy of a CD for any reason in the UK, even though many do.
> 
> Does anybody know more about this?
> --
> /g
> 
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