[Discuss] MP3 Players

[Brian Burger]

On 7/1/07, Patrick <NixNoob-sneaking at sneakemail.com> wrote:
> [Please excuse a rant-ish moment but...]  I know that I own all
> the CDs that I ripped to MP3 on my old Mac, using my old copy of
> iTunes 1.1 [pre-DRM, pre-explosive-software-bloat] and I don't
> want or need to get anyone's permission before I can play them.
> That was a sentence with a lot of `I's in it, on purpose.  It's
> my computer, right?

Copying for personal use is perfectly legal in Canada. You don't even
have to own the CD - copying library CDs or a friend's CDs that you've
brought home is legal too.

That's why we pay the blank-tape and blank-CD-R levy, basically.

I've brought a lot of CDs home from the library, now all nicely ripped
to my hard drive, all perfectly legal.

There are a couple of good FAQs on media copying in Canada out there -
do a quick search.

Brian
wirelizard.ca