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Originally Posted by Cretaceous Bob
Something cannot be someone's work unless they own it.
If they do not own it, it is not theirs.
As I have just shown with the Audio Home Recording Act, it's not illegal.
Wrong.
You are continuing to pretend that there is a precedent for pirating. There is not.
I didn't say it was, you delusional moron.
They want to stop copying because of thieves, not because of personal use. Do not try to confuse the two. Your actions have caused harm to the consumers.
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it's like building a house, if you get a contractor to build you a house, the contractor does not own the house. the difference of course is that art is not an object like a house, it's abstract and should not be owned by even the person commissioning the artist to create it. but why are you asking me about that? it's in the history books, it worked for centuries.
the audio home recording act you linked to was in regard to the rio, which if you actually read it, you'd see that it clearly states it's
not legal to copy something like a cd to the rio because the information on a cd directly represents the audio artwork, and is considered to be a copy of the artwork.
what it says is it is legal to copy a song from a hard drive to the rio's flash drive storage because hard drive's usually contain a number of data and software not pertaining to the song, and so the rio itself should not be illegal, as you're copying a song already on the hard drive.
this means that you can legally download a song off itunes, and copy it onto your ipod or music device. but you cannot copy a song from a cd to your hard drive, or your ipod, rio, or whatever.
it also stipulates that it's illegal to record a live stream off the internet onto the rio as the live stream is also considered a copy of the artwork.
you should really read and understand sources before you post.