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Originally posted by kobalt_blue
2. downloading music and video off the radio or satellite and recording it to a cassette or vhs tape, cd or dvd with publicly available hardware? (legal)
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Most P2P users download AND share, how often have you shared on a global level the latest Justin Timberlake video that you recorded on VHS? You don't remove a problem by targeting the least of the offenders. You go for the heavy hitters and P2P is a far larger problem then MTV recordings.
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Originally posted by rival
Wouldn't that be kind of tough? Say I download an entire album by a certain band. The RIAA takes me to court to sue me for downloading copyrighted music. I show up in court with a purchased copy and say I only downloaded the songs so I could have a legal backup. Shouldn't that pretty much kill the lawsuit. All I did was download something I already "own" the rights to.
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Only if you can prove you bought the CD before you downloaded the songs. Before = stealing, after = backup. Although if you DL then buy I'm not sure what the lawyers would say.