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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. |
Then I am legally allowed to upload my ebook collection to torrent websites just so long as I do not do it for commercial purposes? Cool, thanks for the info.
