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Originally Posted by Shaggy
I do not believe that is correct. Ripping a CD for personal use is legal, regardless of whether or not the record company gives you permission.
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The RIAA and various courts disagree. When you copy something from one format to another, verbatim, the fair use doctrine does not apply. Many cases have held that whatever fair use is, a full and complete copy cannot be fair use.
Again, whether or not they'd go after you for it is a different discussion. But that's why Canada has a "tax" on CD media, and why the same is getting advanced through here.