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Originally Posted by Sregener
It would pay to educate yourselves about copyright law. It was established law in the 1980s that making a backup copy of a music cassette you purchased was illegal - in effect, if you wore out the tape you bought, you were legally obligated to buy a second copy of it, and making a "backup" copy for yourself was a violation of copyright. And making a cassette copy of a vinyl album was also against the law, because you changed the format of the copyrighted work - it was no longer on the media type you purchased.
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That may have been true in the 80s. But, the
Audio Home Recording Act in 1992 created an exemption for home taping. You are allowed to format shift audio recordings for personal use.
How that affects (or doesn't) the ebooks that we all love has been a subject of much debate on these forums.
