I do purchase each song from Walmart.com I wait until I have 15 songs accumulated then I burn to CD to store the songs. I then rip the music from the CD and get rid of the original. This removes the DRM protection and I can burns songs over and over again. I know the RIAA gets upset over these things so is what I do legal? I put this question in the religion section because I feel guilty.
2007-12-10 08:08:59 · 34 answers · asked by Glappy Lady 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
if you sell the original then yes it is a crime
2007-12-10 08:11:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The main reason CD's cost so much is not that it is costly material. The disc costs less than a cent to make. It's not because of band royalties- most bands make their higher revenue off of touring..or at least they used to when you had to actually go play music outside of an editing studio to be a musician for a living.. Most of what you're paying for is the licensing cost, the right to own those songs. If you generally keep your receipts or even if you just bought the songs or CD's with a credit card you can't get in trouble for having them. Not even in a million formats. You didn't just pay for the song. You paid for the right to listen to and use the song, in a noncommercial manner. What I'm guessing the person above means by "that kind of thing would be hard to prove" is let's say you really get audited or investigated. You claim you paid for the songs. They cannot, even without record, prove the absence of something- there would be no case. For example, let's say that watermelons are really blue until you cut them open and I said you had to prove me wrong.. You cut one open and I say "oop! See? It was blue a second ago." Abscense of evidence is not evidence of guilt..and the emotional guilt you have about using something you own confuses me. Unless you're reselling the copies for profit that cuts into the record companies cash, no law official would care to bother with you. If this was not true, everyone who copied songs to their iPod would be committing a federal offense.
2007-12-10 08:18:21 · answer #2 · answered by backslashyourasterix 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can start by explaining what DID happen when you tried ripping from that DVD-R. Maybe the disc is defective, or maybe you made a mistake, but you should be able to get music from it. Also, where did you have no success - in the ripping or in the burning? Those are two different...things. If the DVD-R simply has mp3 files copied to it (data disc) you don't need wmp to rip from it. Ripping is something you do from audio CD's, not from discs (like CDR or DVDR) that simply have mp3 files copied to them. To copy files from a data disc, just explore the disc in windows explorer. You can also burn music using realplayer or winamp.
2016-05-22 21:50:40 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know, it is illegal in the US.
However, in most other countries it is perfectly legal, as part of the cost of blank discs is given back to the recording industries.
I have no idea why the US does not do the same, other than the RIAA trying to impose ridiculous rules on a technology that has already made them obsolete.
2007-12-10 08:12:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
You can burn them onto CD's for your own personal use only. So why would you be burning them "over and over"? If you are selling or even giving away these CD's, then you have, indeed, broken the law.
2007-12-10 08:14:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As far as UK stands...and i'm sure other countries too, as long as you burn the music for your own personal use its legal. You can make as many copies as you like to keep in car and house etc as long as you don't sell them or give copies to others. No need to feel guilty!
Hope that helps! x
2007-12-10 08:18:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, Illegal (Not, too enforceable, but technically illegal) The rules are any unauthorized exhibition, distribution or duplication of the material.
Good News: The RIAA will probably not be able to find out about you (unless you start sharing them on the Internet)
Bad News: You are going to burn in Hell, and the RIAA probably has offices down there
2007-12-10 08:11:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
Once you own a copy, you can make many more copies. You just can't distribute, sell, or broadcast them. So when you buy a CD, or download a song (legally) you own the right to make many copies. But you can't give it to your friends, sell them, or broadcast them.
2007-12-10 08:13:55 · answer #8 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is your intellectual property if you purchased it. I don't know if there is any language regarding the "changing" of the file, because that might protect their right to attack you if you have removed their DRM.
2007-12-10 08:13:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you paid for your copy, it doesn't matter how you store it, what tags you remove, or how many different CD's it's on. If you give it to your friends or something, It's on them to buy a legitimate copy of their own.
2007-12-10 08:12:29 · answer #10 · answered by Mike K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you purchase a CD and you burn them for your own personal use then it is not illegal. You rightfully purchased it for your own use for whatever you choose. If you burned it to give out to friends, that is illegal.
2007-12-10 08:12:15 · answer #11 · answered by irreplaceably_rare 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋