Re: Fair use defined (was: Re: Stallman Admits to Copyright Infringement)
Thus spake Thomas Bushnell, BSG on Sun, May 21, 2000 at 11:24:13PM CDT
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> One interesting precedent I know of. First, there is precedent that
> you may make a tape recording of a musical album you own, for personal
> purposes including reducing wear and tear on the album, more
> convenient or portable format, and so forth. I assumes that the
> freedom to make a personal cassette tape of a vinyl album would extend
> to making a personal MP3 of a CD. Personal in the precedent excludes
> making copies for other people.
This is called 'fair use'. I've heard that the DMCA has arguably done away
with this interpretation of fair use. Is this so?
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