Raids Net Song Swappers in Copyright Crackdown – This article is notable for its accuracy — not once do they call the alleged actions “theft” or “stealing.” Thank goodness someone is finally getting it right.
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Raids Net Song Swappers in Copyright Crackdown – This article is notable for its accuracy — not once do they call the alleged actions “theft” or “stealing.” Thank goodness someone is finally getting it right.
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Also, Aaron was taking a music class this summer and legitimately needed to listen to certain things for academic reasons. (and you are allowed to make copies of things for academic reasons).
Fair use is a slippery slope.
From the Stanford University Libraries Copyright & Fair Use page:
A single recording of a performance of copyrighted music may be made by a student for evaluation or rehearsal purposes, and the educational institution or individual teacher may keep a copy. In addition, a single copy of a sound recording owned by an educational institution or an individual teacher (such as a tape, disc or cassette) of copyrighted music may be made for the purpose of constructing aural exercises or examinations, and the educational institution or individual teacher can keep a copy.
I don’t know how accurate that is (or how Stanford-specific it is), but it seems to say that I was allowed to make a copy of recordings in order to study for a listening exam comprised of those recordings (which is a GoodThing(TM).