Yeah, reading the full articcle the person was sued for illegally ditributing copies
to other people. The RIAA contention that copying it to the computer in the first
place was legally questionable is a side issue, a kind of "throw everything you
can think of at the wall and see what sticks". US courts have been fairly consistent
that making a backup copy or a copy for your own use is OK. Selling copies
or giving them away is not. The RIAA site has this example in there list of
activities which would violate copyright law:
Quote:
You make an MP3 copy of a song because the CD you bought
expressly permits you to do so. But then you put your MP3
copy on the Internet, using a file-sharing network, so that millions
of other people can download it.
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I doubt there's much difference between the US and Canada in this regard -
the music companies could try to make the same claim in a Canadian court
just as they did in the US, but in neither country are they likely to win based
on that claim.
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