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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
I'm not sure about the format conversion part, it would still be illegal if you copied a CD to wav files, but yes that's what I'm trying to say. The link I provided seems to be American anyway, so here's a UK one
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-use-iPod.html |
Yes, that's what I was saying: format conversion, such as ripping a CD or a DVD to your iPod, even if you own all the media involved, is technically illegal, although nobody is ever prosecuted for it.
Making format conversion "fair use" (ie legal) was originally a part of the Digital Economy Act, but it doesn't seem to have made it into the final law. It don't know if it got dropped through lack of time in the "wash-up", or what, but it's a pity that this legal anomaly didn't get sorted out.