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Question about Audio Conversions

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I have a quick question about playing audio back into your sound card threw the line in. For example taking streaming audio and capturing it in a file. Is this illegal since you dont have rights to the music, or is it like recording something off the radio (not sure if that is legal also)? Or what if you have rights to the music but its in a protected wma format?

Thanks, if my question is unclear in any way ill be happy to answer any followup questions. And im sorry if this is in the wrong place.
 
If you do it without decryption then its probably not illegal. If you start distributing copies of it, then its illegal, and if you sell them you get a free ticket to jail.
 
no plans of sales but i wanted to know some common knowledge on the subject befor i attempted any activites that are questionable. Thanks for the input
 
As long as your copy is made from a lawfully acquired file and used solely for your own personal use, it is perfectly legal.




Maybe this paragraph from the Summary of the Music Online Competition Act will clarify the statement from abover?

Clarification of Incidental and Archival Copying:
This section adapts existing law to two situations particular to Internet technology and electronic commerce. First, the bill exempts from copyright liability buffer copies made in the course of browsing or webcasting, as these buffer copies are mere technical incidents of the operation of the Internet and have no independent economic value. Second, the bill allows consumers to make archival Aback-up@ copies of music that they lawfully acquire over the Internet, so as to protect their collections against hard drive crashes, accidental damage or viruses. The bill leaves unchanged existing law with respect to computer programs.

http://www.house.gov/boucher/docs/moca-summary.htm


The only question I have concerns the legality of taking obvious steps to defeat an encryption method that is used as a form of copyright protection..
But I could be wrong about that because the Realplayer license says ummmm....
here you try to make sense of it----->

(yes I am assuming we are talking about Real Audio files here)

Paragraph 2(c) says :

"You may only use the Software for your private, non-commercial use. You may not use the Software in any way to provide, or as part of, any commercial service or application. Copies of content files, including, but not limited to songs and other audio recordings, which are downloaded or copied using the Software, and which are protected by the copyright laws or related laws of any jurisdiction, are for your own personal use only and may not be distributed to third parties or performed outside your normal circle of family and social acquaintances."

Wow nice double speak
It didn't help answer the question did it? :(
 
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