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Originally Posted by carld
The fact that it's on the internet doesn't change the basic legality of the situation.
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If you borrow a paper book and make a private copy using copier machine and then return the book, is anybody going to kick down your door with a search warrant?
If you make a copy of your favourite radio program on your cassette recorder for your own private use (like listening in your car while you commute) is the copyright police going to seize all your tapes?
If you record the latest episode of The Mentalist on a VHS tape so you could watch it privately when there is nothing on the telly are you breaking the law?
See? The Internet doesn't really change things that much.
In many jurisdictions the above copying would come under fair use rights.