[Tinker]

You all know me. I try to run a tight ship on my legal matters. My GF's boy got a MP3 digital recorder for Christmas. He has many CDs that he has bought and paid for. Is it legal to rip the CDs to place the music in the memory of his new player?

[aKaFrEE]

its legal to use the information off of any of those cds as long as you own the original copy and do not distribute the data without the authors permission. so it should be perfectly fine to copy music from cds that he bought to his mp3 player.

[MSNwar]

I asked the sales person at the store where I bought a CD/MP3 player for my son just for grins. Ha, that started a quick argument between sales staff and a few customers. It became so loud the manager got involved, lol. When I left the store I counted one manager, two sales persons, and three customers arguing with each other. I guess there were three or four customers standing there listening in on the argument and some of them looked like they were about to give their two cents worth. While I was at the checkout counter the manager came over and gave me a dirty look, lol. I have known him and his family for years. He has the biggest MP3 collection I have ever seen in my life. With three teenagers it is no wonder.

[Gism0]

yep that's perfectly legal, only have to worry if he doesn't own the song (ie paid for it by buying the cd, or from an online music store) or if he shares them from his computer

[sven]

also, watch out for copy protected cd, they dont work at all on computers, and some of them are not labeled. hold down shift when putting in one of those cds and you wont get any problems.

[Doggie]

yeah thats perfectly legal.. considering A| He has already purchased the real products B| Its for his use.. its only considered illegal when its distributed amongst others other than the person owns the actual cd(s).

[sven]

also, you bought an mp3 player to play music. why wouldn't you be able to put music. the riaa is just after piracy, which is what every one else is saying, dont distribute it and you'll be fine

[Tinker]

Thanks for all the help and ideas. The reason I ask this very simple question is that in my experience I have found that corporations fell it is easier to punish the innocent than to pursue the guilty.

[Tinker]

sven, on Dec 28 2003, 09:13 PM, said:

also, you bought an mp3 player to play music.

I am not for sure what you mean by that statement.

There must be other reasons to have a mp3 player from the sounds of your statement. As it turns out it is a mp3pro what ever that means.......

[shareef59]

@Tinker

mp3PRO is the next generation of MP3. Fully compatible with the existing MP3 format, mp3PRO extends its capability to provide CD-quality stereo at 64Kbps with full frequency bandwidth. Already deployed by consumer electronics companies like RCA and Philips, mp3PRO is migrating to replace MP3. mp3PRO players can play MP3 and mp3PRO content meaning you can still deploy only one codec and not loose compatibility with the world's most popular Internet music format. When you go mp3PRO, it just sounds better.

There are many sites full of info on the subject. One of them being:

MP3PRO INFORMATION

[Nic]

Yep. MP3's are the best thing since sliced bread. We went through the exact same questions when i wanted an MP3 player in my car. My man was saying, no it's illegal, but it didn't take much to convince him that it's only illegal to share/sell the music with others, there is nothing wrong with taking a copy for your own use.

Now i have all my CD's both on my pooter and also on a few MP3 CD's and in my car.

The other advantage that i found is that the origional CD's only ever lasted for X long, and after a while they got scratched or destroyed by the sun in the car ..... not anymore, now they last forever cause they are all stacked in a draw out of the way.