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<blockquote data-quote="Coredump" data-source="post: 6546163" data-attributes="member: 6939">Much of what is legal or not legal regarding IP and copyright is the result of case law...particularly when dealing with Fair Use.Technically, by some readings of the law, it would have been illegal to make a back up copy of your record, or to make an .mp3 copy, or whatever.&nbsp; the Courts stepped in and 'clarified' that the law would allow such actions.AFAIK, they have not dealt with the issue of a person that owns the item, getting a 'shifted' version from someone else.&nbsp; When someone puts a .pdf up on Pirate Bay or wherever... there is not way of checking if the recipient owns an original copy, so they are knowingly facilitating piracy. So the person that puts it up is violating the law.The person that downloads it, however, is allowed to have a .pdf copy.... so it gets a lot murkier at that point.This is largely why the DMCA was pushed for in the US.&nbsp; It takes 'fair use' out of the equation.&nbsp; If you buy a DVD, you are allowed to make a back up, or put a copy on your iPod. EXCEPT.... you are not allowed to circumvent the DRM to make that copy.... Its like giving you a canteen and saying you are allowed to drink the water, except you are not allowed to open the canteen.DMCA, however, doesn't apply to regular books.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Coredump, post: 6546163, member: 6939"] Much of what is legal or not legal regarding IP and copyright is the result of case law...particularly when dealing with Fair Use. Technically, by some readings of the law, it would have been illegal to make a back up copy of your record, or to make an .mp3 copy, or whatever. the Courts stepped in and 'clarified' that the law would allow such actions. AFAIK, they have not dealt with the issue of a person that owns the item, getting a 'shifted' version from someone else. When someone puts a .pdf up on Pirate Bay or wherever... there is not way of checking if the recipient owns an original copy, so they are knowingly facilitating piracy. So the person that puts it up is violating the law. The person that downloads it, however, is allowed to have a .pdf copy.... so it gets a lot murkier at that point. This is largely why the DMCA was pushed for in the US. It takes 'fair use' out of the equation. If you buy a DVD, you are allowed to make a back up, or put a copy on your iPod. EXCEPT.... you are not allowed to circumvent the DRM to make that copy.... Its like giving you a canteen and saying you are allowed to drink the water, except you are not allowed to open the canteen. DMCA, however, doesn't apply to regular books. [/QUOTE]

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