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Old 02-14-2002, 02:49 AM   #16
Nachtrafe
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Join Date: August 9, 2001
Location: Upstate NY, USA
Age: 53
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quote:
Originally posted by DiabloRex:


heh, thats an old urban legend



Actually DR, its not, at least not in the US. You can, under US Copyright Law, copy(i.e. download) any piece of software, music file, game file, whatever(Essentially, any file that is executable), and use it for 24 hours with no legal repurcussions, as long as you then delete it. I have a buddy who is a copyright lawyer. He told me so. [img]smile.gif[/img]

That was one of the sticking points of the whole Napster fiasco. It wasn't illegal for users to download the music, as long as they deleted it after 24 hours. Also, if you own, say, Metallica: Black, and download a copy of Through The Never, you can keep it as long as you like. Even though you didn't actually rip it from the source, you have the right to have an acrhived copy of your music.
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