According to RIAA (insert bronx cheer) enforcement, copyright law
and/or fair use, is it within legal circumstances to download mp3s (or
otherwise audio reproduction) of an album I personally own and have in
my current possesion?
A number of my CDs are scratched or otherwise unplayable (melt-stain
from plastic sleeves in a zip-case) and would like to listen to them
again.
It would seem to me the cause for concern in slackened sales is not in
regard to whether more discs or sold but rather at issue with the fair
use of the material thereon -- therefore my limitation to listen must
not be hindered merely by the media upon which it is recorded. If
backups are in within fair-use restrictions, is not downloading mp3s
to sustain such backups a facilitation of that circumstance?
Since the RIAA is concerned with the intellectual property issue, the
property I have purchased is not merely the lifespan of the media it
is contained upon, but the the music itself and the paid _right to
listen_ to it.
Please cite instances of copyright law (+ RIAA enforcement, fair use,
etc.)whereby this possiblity would be evidenced.. |
