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Re: RIAA going after someone for having mp3 copies of legally purchased CDs
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Originally Posted by froopy seal
This is the law in Germany if the original CD has "effective copy protection" (no, being cracked does NOT automatically render the copy protection ineffective...), see art. 95a German Copyright Act (Urheberrechtsgesetz - UrhG). I could imagine the RIAA having the law on their side in the US and the UK, too. Which doesn't make it any better, morally, of course.
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not in switzerland *hooray*!
URG Art. 24 Abs. 1 states that you're allowed to manufacture (non public available) security copies for your own use.
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