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Stupid music legality question

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fishrule

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I know this is a random question, but I own a couple games I really like the soundtracks in (like Battlefield Vietnam or GT2). Is it technically legal to rip the music from my games and put them on my iPod, or is that some kind of copyright violation? I tried Googling it myself but I guess I couldn't really find a good way of putting it for a search engine.
 
Usually not. If the EULA you agree to when you install/play the game forbids reverse engineering and you have to use reverse engineering to extract the audio into something you can import to an iPod, then technically that would breach the EULA and technically you may feasibly face legal action. But the rights holder wouldn't know about it nor would they really care.

Practically, you have a green light no matter what. Just don't give the music you rip to anyone else and you're fine.
 
phide said:
Usually not. If the EULA you agree to when you install/play the game forbids reverse engineering and you have to use reverse engineering to extract the audio into something you can import to an iPod, then technically that would breach the EULA and technically you may feasibly face legal action. But the rights holder wouldn't know about it nor would they really care.

Practically, you have a green light no matter what. Just don't give the music you rip to anyone else and you're fine.
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This.

It's worth pointing out that many of the more popular games have soundtrack CDs (or iTunes downloads) you can actually buy - sometimes, including tracks or remixes of tracks that didn't make it into the game audio.
 
dderidex said:
This.

It's worth pointing out that many of the more popular games have soundtrack CDs (or iTunes downloads) you can actually buy - sometimes, including tracks or remixes of tracks that didn't make it into the game audio.
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nope

ripping unencrypted media for personal use is legal. However, it is often the case that musical works and videos are not ripped solely for personal use, but are distributed to others. Unless this distribution fits into one of few circumstances, then this constitutes an offense under U.S. copyright law as distribution is one of the exclusive rights granted to copyright holders.[4] This is regardless of whether the distribution is commercial or free of charge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripping
 
Spooony said:
nope

ripping unencrypted media for personal use is legal. However, it is often the case that musical works and videos are not ripped solely for personal use, but are distributed to others. Unless this distribution fits into one of few circumstances, then this constitutes an offense under U.S. copyright law as distribution is one of the exclusive rights granted to copyright holders.[4] This is regardless of whether the distribution is commercial or free of charge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripping
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What are you saying "nope" to and why are you quoting a wiki article on ripping when dderidex post specifically mentions buying the game audio track from itunes. Dude, if you don't anything useful to say, well in your case, quoting from other sources that does not pertain to the post, better to not say anything.
 
nxcess said:
What are you saying "nope" to and why are you quoting a wiki article on ripping when dderidex post specifically mentions buying the game audio track from itunes. Dude, if you don't anything useful to say, well in your case, quoting from other sources that does not pertain to the post, better to not say anything.
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no need to get upset if someone provides the correct answer. Already gave a answer but just provided evidence as the Op surely wants to see it coming from a trusted source. After all its his life and he wants to do something with the assurance his not breaking any law aint it?
 
...because Wikipedia is a trusted source :p

Your answer was more accurate perhaps, but it doesn't mean phide's answer was incorrect (ie. "nope"). It's quite common to see the anti-reverse engineering clauses in EULAs. One word answers can often be interpreted multiple ways.
 
Spooony said:
no need to get upset if someone provides the correct answer. Already gave a answer but just provided evidence as the Op surely wants to see it coming from a trusted source. After all its his life and he wants to do something with the assurance his not breaking any law aint it?
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no need to be ignorant when someone points out your ignorance. quoting a wikipedia source as a valid information must do wonders for your credibility..
 
So if you have these ripped to your iPod and then someone steals your iPod - are they also responsible for the theft of all those songs?
 
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