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Old 02-02-2010, 08:26 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by zacheryjensen View Post
It is not illegal in the USA, because CD's do not have copy protection. What makes stripping DRM illegal in the USA is the DMCA which prohibits circumvention of copy protection measures. Again, CDs do not have DRM. So long as your copy is only for personal use, it's covered, and that has been tested in court. So if you live somewhere not in the USA, I can't speak to your laws. However, I wouldn't be surprised if you think it's illegal and it's not really. Many people would be led to believe it's illegal to rip a CD for your music collection in the US by the RIAA when it's definitely not.
Population of USA - 308m
Population of world - 6,800m

Proportion of the world which does not live in USA - 95.5%

Proportion of the USA population who forget that from time to time - *

* answers on a postcard as we'd say in the UK (<1% global population)
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