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I purchased two of the same music CD - one for me and one for a friend (as a gift). But I lost the one that I bot for myself. To replace the one that I lost, am want to copy the one that I bot for my friend. Does that violate any copyright law? It seems to me that that would be OK because all I am doing is keeping things whole by replacing what I have already paid for. Agree? Paul S. Natanson Home phone: 908-630-0406 (9AM-9PM Eastern time) Email: [email]paul628@concentric.net[/email] February 13, 2002
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Don't agree. Whoever found you CD is now holding the copyright to the lost CD, not you, you are not entitled to burn a replacement. Burning a copy of a CD for your own use while still holding the original is legal. If the copyright police catch you, you can show them the original. You can't go to your friends and show the the CD he now owns. I knew a guy that borrowed a copy of a CD and was busted by the copyright police. Because he did not own the original, he received a ticket and a large fine. He was told he was lucky he did not get arrested.
You can make a copy of any copyrighted material for you own personal use. As long as you don't sell, distribute, or use for any public audience the recording, you have nothing to worry about. With all the file trading done on the web now, the few that have any legal authority in copyright manners have a lot more to do than worry about someone making a copy of a CD. Technically, what you propose could be illegal, but you would have better odds of winning the lottery that getting caught. Enjoy.
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The "copyright police" ??? You're kidding right????
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