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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1686182" data-attributes="member: 234411"><p>Always a nebulous area, i.e. copying music for your use only - below just a portion of <a href="https://www.riaa.com/physicalpiracy.php?content_selector=piracy_online_the_law" target="_blank">RIAA Policy</a> from a much longer statement, for those interested in current USA policy.</p><p></p><p>For myself, I've ripped dozens of my own CDs to MP3 format (for my iDevices) and I've also ripped purchased MP3 music to CD-Rs for backup and play purposes - all of this activity for my own use - I'm assuming from the quoted statements below, that I'm w/i the accepted guidelines.</p><p></p><p>For our OP, 'fair use' would certainly apply - not sure 'how many' CDs need to be 'backed up', but another consideration if the number is small (I own 6000 CDs, so not something I would do) is to purchase one or more LARGE external HDs (or a server) and rip the music to the drive(s) using a 'lossless' format, such as FLAC (or other) - this seems to be the practice of many these days. Dave <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>P.S. just noticed that our OP is from Wales - so UK rules likely apply.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1686182, member: 234411"] Always a nebulous area, i.e. copying music for your use only - below just a portion of [URL="https://www.riaa.com/physicalpiracy.php?content_selector=piracy_online_the_law"]RIAA Policy[/URL] from a much longer statement, for those interested in current USA policy. For myself, I've ripped dozens of my own CDs to MP3 format (for my iDevices) and I've also ripped purchased MP3 music to CD-Rs for backup and play purposes - all of this activity for my own use - I'm assuming from the quoted statements below, that I'm w/i the accepted guidelines. For our OP, 'fair use' would certainly apply - not sure 'how many' CDs need to be 'backed up', but another consideration if the number is small (I own 6000 CDs, so not something I would do) is to purchase one or more LARGE external HDs (or a server) and rip the music to the drive(s) using a 'lossless' format, such as FLAC (or other) - this seems to be the practice of many these days. Dave :) P.S. just noticed that our OP is from Wales - so UK rules likely apply. [/QUOTE]
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