Dave's Top Eight

1. Jerry Reed...Revisited by Darrell Toney (reviewed 6/07) (5 Stars)
2. Sounds Like Sunday by Janet Paschal (reviewed 5/07) (5 Stars)
3. True To The Call by Kingdom Heirs (reviewed 3/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
4. Revival by Gold City (reviewed 10/06) (4 1/2 Stars)
5. Get Away Jordan by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (reviewed 2/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
6. Breakin' Chains by Three Bridges (reviewed 5/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
7. Big Sky by The Isaacs (reviewed 4/07)
8. Skywriting by Mercy's Well (reviewed 7/07)

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April 1, 2007

Audio Home Recording Act

Those interested in more fully understanding their rights as consumers under copyright law may want to take a gander at section 1008 of the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992. A frequent question consumers have when confronting this convoluted mumbo-jumbo of copyright law regards the legality of making personal, non-commercial backup copies of the music they buy.

Section 1008 states:
No action may be brought under this title alleging infringement of copyright based on the manufacture, importation, or distribution of a digital audio recording device, a digital audio recording medium, an analog recording device, or an analog recording medium, or based on the noncommercial use by a consumer of such a device or medium for making digital musical recordings or analog musical recordings.

(The bold emphasis is mine.)

The law indicates fairly plainly that you can't be sued for using a recording device in a noncommercial manner. This, to me, indicates that it's fine to possess more than one copy of a recording you paid for once. It also indicates that you can record TV programs, capture video from the internet, etc., for your own personal, noncommercial use.

(Of course, I'm not a lawyer and this isn't legal advice. A lawyer could probably make it say any number of things to the contrary of what I've just understood it to say.)

UPDATE: By the way, the 9th Circuit Court (yeah, that 9th circuit court) ruled in 1999 that "space shifting" music you legally own is fair use. Click HERE for details. As far as I know, this ruling hasn't been overturned.

A pertinent quote from the article:
...under the ruling, consumers may, for example, legitimately transfer music from their audio CDs to their hard drive, convert the files to MP3 format and either play them on the computer or download copies of the files to the Rio or to other devices.

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