01-19-2006, 02:57 PM
FenrisWulf,Jan 18 2006, 10:48 PM Wrote:it's not actually legal to reproduce a tape and share it with a friend. Copyright owners have an exclusive right to reproduce their works, unless the reproduction qualifies as fair use. Fair use is a pretty fuzzy subject, but copying music to give to your friends pretty definitely isn't covered underneath it.
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In the US, the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 exempts "the noncommercial use by a consumer" of a recording device to record music from copright infringement. This was specifically intended to legalize the common practice of making copies of music to give to your friends; record companies and artists get a royalty paid by the manufacturers/importers of music recording devices to compensate.
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