Re: Get your records transferred onto CD

Richard Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> On 17 Nov 2003 Derek H "Kingfisher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > Nothing wrong with this service,
> 
> Apart from the fact that it infringes copyright.

Funny you should mention that. That was one issue that concerned me.
But I did a bit of research and was reassured.

Firstly, it seems that it is acceptable to make a copy of an original
album for backup purposes. So long as the original and backup are
owned by the same person, you are ok.

Secondly, there was a court case where a record company tried to sue
someone for copying a vinyl record onto cassette so they could play it
in their car. The case was thrown out because it was judged unfair for
the record company to demand payment for the same recording twice and
also, the tax on blank cassettes is supposed to cover the royalities
when they are used for this purpose. If you want me to send you a link
with more info, let me know.

So as I've said, I was reassured that it's all above board. Your Music
On CD's website contains a page's worth of terms and conditions
(www.indicativeit.co.uk/yourmusiconcd/tsandcs.htm) which appear to
ensure that they don't breach anyone's copyright.

Cheers, Simon