Re: Making copies of CD

From: Bernard Katz <bkatz[_at_]uoguelph.ca>
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 01:15:16 -0500 (EST)

On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, Timothy Arnold-Moore wrote:
>
> David McKenzie <gospeldave[_at_]earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> I would be grateful to know if there is a place that let's me know if
>>> a person purchases a Music CD and then records a cassette off it for
>>> their own personal use. Does this constitute a copyright infringement?
>
> Thomas Cotter <cotter[_at_]law.ufl.edu> replied:
>
>> I believe this practice is lawful under the Audio Home Recording Act
>> of 1992.
>
> In the US but not in Australia and as I understand it not yet in Canada
> although I could be a little out of date there.

Quite correct about Canada. Bill C-32 was passed by the House of Commons just before Easter and also received 1st reading in the Senate. It has a provision that will result in a levy being charged to purchasers of blank recording tape, which will then revert to the appropriate rights groups. In 'return' for this, home taping of music will become a permitted use, for non-comercial purposes only, of course.

Bernard Katz, Head, Special Collections and Library Development

              University of Guelph Library
              Guelph, Ontario

bkatz[_at_]uoguelph.ca // (519) 824-4120 X2089 // FAX: (519) 824-6931 Received on Thu Apr 03 1997 - 06:16:09 GMT