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Cthulhu · 11-02-2006, 10:05 AM

BuddyBoy:

Again, we may be splitting hairs, but converting a CD to mp3 *may indeed be **technically** illegal.

I need to research the legal definition of "fair use." It's probably the same as "cheap."
;-

For the love of Katie Couric, why aren't there any lawyers in this forum?!

@BuddyBoy, Da_jane: I will conced your point that the criminality is mitigated because of the difficulty of prosecution. The RIAA had no way to address file-sharing until Napster blew up and all the kids were crazy for free mp3 files.

11-02-2006, 10:05 AM	#39
Cthulhu Technologist Posts: 488 Karma: 585237 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: I'm between Cities Device: SONY Reader PRS-500	BuddyBoy: Again, we may be splitting hairs, but converting a CD to mp3 may indeed be technically* illegal. I need to research the legal definition of "fair use." It's probably the same as "cheap." ;- For the love of Katie Couric, why aren't there any lawyers in this forum?! @BuddyBoy, Da_jane: I will conced your point that the criminality is mitigated because of the difficulty of prosecution. The RIAA had no way to address file-sharing until Napster blew up and all the kids were crazy for free mp3 files.