in the United States of America?
(2001/01/06) You are allowed to make an archival backup of software, but the same doesn’t necessarily hold true for music. The Home Rights Recording Act will allow you to duplicate music under certain circumstances. A discussion of the topic, including details on past and pending legislation, can be found on the Home Recording Rights Coalition web site at http://www.hrrc.org/. The text of the Home Rights Recording Act can also be found here. The Recording Industry Association of America, which represents the music industry, has a web site at http://www.riaa.com/. An article entitled, “Copying Music to CD: The Right, the Wrong, and the Law” is at http://www.emediapro.com/EM1998/starrett2.html. http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/bad_laws/dat_tax.html has some relevant information and pointers. http://www.bmi.com/ and http://www.ascap.com/ have yet more perspectives on legislation.
You are allowed to make an archival backup of software, but the same doesn’t necessarily hold true for music. The Home Rights Recording Act will allow you to duplicate music under certain circumstances. A discussion of the topic, including details on past and pending legislation, can be found on the Home Recording Rights Coalition web site at http://www.hrrc.org/. The text of the Home Rights Recording Act can also be found here. The Recording Industry Association of America, which represents the music industry, has a web site at http://www.riaa.com/. An article entitled, “Copying Music to CD: The Right, the Wrong, and the Law” is at http://www.emediapro.net/EM1998/starrett2.html. http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/bad_laws/dat_tax.html has some relevant information and pointers. http://www.bmi.com/ and http://www.ascap.com/ have yet more perspectives on legislation.
You are allowed to make an archival backup of software, but the same doesn’t necessarily hold true for music. The Home Rights Recording Act will allow you to duplicate music under certain circumstances. A discussion of the topic, including details on past and pending legislation, can be found on the Home Recording Rights Coalition web site at http://www.hrrc.org/. The text of the Home Rights Recording Act can also be found here. The Recording Industry Association of America, which represents the music industry, has a web site at http://www.riaa.com/. An article entitled, “Copying Music to CD: The Right, the Wrong, and the Law” was at http://www.emediapro.com/EM1998/starrett2.html. It can still be found through the web archive here: http://web.archive.org/web/20040224114428/http://www.emediapro.com/EM1998/starrett2.html http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/bad_laws/dat_tax.html has some relevant information and pointers. http://www.bmi.com/ and http://www.ascap.com/ have yet more perspectives
(2006/02/27) You are allowed to make an archival backup of software, but the same doesn’t necessarily hold true for music. The Home Rights Recording Act will allow you to duplicate music under certain circumstances. A discussion of the topic, including details on past and pending legislation, can be found on the Home Recording Rights Coalition web site at http://www.hrrc.org/. The text of the Home Rights Recording Act can also be found here. The Recording Industry Association of America, which represents the music industry, has a web site at http://www.riaa.com/. An article entitled, “Copying Music to CD: The Right, the Wrong, and the Law” was at http://www.emediapro.com/EM1998/starrett2.html. It can still be found through the web archive here: http://web.archive.org/web/20040224114428/http://www.emediapro.com/EM1998/starrett2.html http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/bad_laws/dat_tax.html has some relevant information and pointers. http://www.bmi.com/ and http://www.ascap.com/ have yet more
