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Originally Posted by doctorow
Hard to believe, but there is something similar in the US as well - the Audio Home Recording Act.
Section 1008 of the Act, 17 U.S.C. § 1008:
By its terms Section 1008 provides noncommercial consumers with prescribed statutory immunity from suits for copyright infringement when performing "home taping" of musical recordings. Unlike public distribution (such as file sharing), which might go beyond "noncommercial", it would certainly seem that you can make (noncommercial) copies for your family and friends. Technically you'd still be infringing copyright, but the section above bars actions alleging infringement based on such uses. |
See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_Home_Recording_Act
Thanks for providing the link. It is quite an interesting provision. This bar on actions referred to was not intended to be quite as wide as suggested above, though the article refers to a case where a Court did suggest such a wide interpretation (though probably in non-binding "obiter" comments).