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Old 02-17-2010, 12:16 PM   #55
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
What ambiguity in the US copyright law makes it unclear whether or not it is illegal?
The US doesn't strictly define "fair use", which is the main problem. However, I have never heard of a case where ripping your own CD was declared illegal, it's always been treated as fair use.

The RIAA used to claim that doing so is illegal, but that's mostly just them living in their own fantasy world (they'd probably claim in court that the sun rotated around the earth if they thought they could make a profit off of it). The link the other poster pointed to was from 2007. Since then I believe even the RIAA has backed off of that claim.
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