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Not arguing... but I think you are incorrect

Posted by creativepart (A) on March 19, 2007 at 21:42:03

In Reply to: Re: move on over to the pc audio forum posted by ghasley on March 19, 2007 at 18:32:50:

I purchased the digital rights for personal use and paid the royalties to the artists, publishers and everyone involved with my 1,200 CDs. As a legal end user I can do with them as I wish. I can burn them, bury them -- do anything I wish with them because once I buy them, they are mine to do with as I please. And as the legal owner of the copyrighted materials I am permitted by law to make a personal backup of the content for my use.

I do know that it would be illegal to copy them and sell the copies to others -- or to give away copies to others. But the original CDs, all paid for and legal can be given away or bartered or sold.

Is it legal for the used CD store to sell them? I don't know the answer to that question. But, that is not my concern. I do not believe that these stores have ever been prosecuted for doing so. If there is anything illegal about that type of business transaction it would be on the part of the Used CD Store redistributing the content. Not on my part for selling them my personal property.

I do recognize that there is a seeming gray area here. Some may want to make this type of action illegal, but I do not believe that it is at this time.

I do not believe that any laws exist that require me to destroy any backed up content if I no longer possess the CDs. Think about that. If what you are suggesting is correct then if I bought a CD and made a back up for myself, as is my right, and then lost my CD at some point in the future, I would have to, by law, destroy my back up. Obviously, this can't be correct.

I could be wrong or simply ignorant of the applicable laws. But if you think this through I think you'll see that it is not at all the same crime as file sharing. It may seem to be at first, but it is much more complex an issue than that.

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