Thats exaclty what I'm looking for. Some authoritative reference. I did read about that court case about 2 years ago...
> On 3/14/07, Michael Lax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Thus, copying a CD to your PC (not all of your >> friends) is okay. Copying that to your MP3 player is okay. > > Michael, IANAL, but I'm fairly sure neither of those are considered > legal under "fair use" guidelines since the consumer is NOT merely > making a copy, but actually transforming the content into another > format. While making a duplicate CD would be considered "fair use" > (under the archival back-up provision), ripping the original CD to > MP3/WMA would not be. Furthermore, if the CD has any anti-duplication > technology at all, circumventing it automatically puts the consumer at > odds with the DMCA. > > Or is there an authoritative reference that provides more accurate > interpretation of this situation? If so, I'd love to read it! :-) > - Craig >
