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Originally Posted by pam123
Don't do that yet.
The RIAA will be losing this one, not to mention the fact that they're going to have to explain their "change of heart" to the Supreme Court.
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This is not a change of heart - it may be perfectly lawful to rip a CD
if you have been given authorization to do so. The EFF - just like the RIAA. MPAA and anyone else people think stomp on supposed rights - is twisting the facts. The fact is, you may have the legal right to do something - if you obtain authorization to do it.
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"Nor does the fact that permission to make a copy in particular circumstances is often or even routinely granted, necessarily establish that the copying is a fair use when the copyright owner withholds that authorization. In this regard, the statement attributed to counsel for copyright owners in the MGM v. Grokster case is simply a statement about authorization, not about fair use."
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The DMCA does restrict rights to making digital copies - unlike copyright's fair use laws that allow someone to make an
analog copy of something they already have rights to use.