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Old 03-30-2011, 04:25 AM   #34
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
The case you've quoted was for illegally copied material, where self-evidently the user does not have a licence to use the software, and hence copying it into RAM does constitute copyright infringement.

I think that any reasonable person would conclude that when you buy an MP3 file, you have a licence - either explicit or implicit - for you to make copies for the purpose of playing it. Very few people, I imagine, buy an MP3 file for the pleasure of admiring its presence in the directory listing on their disk .
Yeah, but I think the argument is that Amazon needs a license to stream the song to you.

You have a license to play it on your own hardware. But when Amazon's hardware comes into play, they need a license.

I mean, it's sort of like giving a file to a friend, and then when you want to hear the song, you call him up and ask him to play it for you over the phone. That might be okay if you physically loaned him a cd (though it might actually qualify as a broadcast, so probably not), but if you just made a copy...

Legally, anyway. Morally, if you bought a song, you should be able to listen it to however you want.
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