a stupid copyright question

Sir Games-A-Lot · Post by **Sir Games-A-Lot** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:46 pm

Is it legal for me to make tape recordings of my Itunes songs through the speaker out on my computer?

And if you said what is sir-games-a lot is to cheap to get an ipod then you get.....errrr.... HEY LOOK A MONKEY!

Radon199 · Post by **Radon199** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:59 pm

It shouldn't be, I mean, you can legaly make copys of CDs you own, so a song from Itunes is technicly yours. Althogh you might not be happy with the quality. If your tape recorder has a stareo mic than you can just use a male-to-male peice of cable and connect it from your PC to the tape deck. Mine is connected to my bick 6 CD changer so I just made a CD of all my songs and taped it over to tape.

Post by **gannon** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 9:03 pm

Radon199 wrote:you can legaly make copys of CDs you own

Not in the U.S.

Radon199 · Post by **Radon199** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 9:05 pm

O.o I always heard you could. Or atleast that is the way it has been since I remember. I always thought you could make backups of CDs as long as you don't sell them.

Post by **gannon** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 9:07 pm

I suppose it's more dark grey area than black, it all depends on what the judge would consider 'fair use' if you get sued or something

Undisclosed · Post by **Undisclosed** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 9:14 pm

Putting music on tapes is perfectly legal but putting them on cds is a very grey area...theres many loopholes and circumstances. There was a story on it at cnet...what you can and cant and kinda sorta maybe can do

Post by **bicostp** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 9:20 pm

I don't see why a tape copy is different than a CD copy... it's still a duplicate copy of the original media.

I say you should be able to make as many copies as you darn well please as long as you don't give any copies to anyone.

(not that I copy CDs or anything.

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sam · Post by **sam** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 9:21 pm

I love Canada.

Post by **gannon** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 9:22 pm

the difference is that tape is analouge while cd is digital

usbcd36 · Post by **usbcd36** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 9:27 pm

This is true. In the DMCA, there are provisions if you convert to analog from digital media, plus it is the only legal way to copy encrypted material. As for burning CDs of iTMS tracks, that's perfectly legal as long as you don't distribute it. In the iTunes EULA, it states that you may burn a CD of iTMS tracks up to 6 times and that you may burn individual songs unlimited times. Videos are a different story though, you can't convert them to anything. Also, if you're too cheap for an iPod, may I suggest an inexpensive flash-based player? All you need to do to make the tracks playable is burn them onto a CD then reimport them into iTunes as mp3s, then they'll work on any flash player.

timmeh87 · Post by **timmeh87** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 9:33 pm

i had a lecture on copyright as part of some dumb class they make us take.

in canada, we pay royalties on every blank cd and tape to the record industry. it is legal to make copies of any music by yourself for yourself. you are NOT allowed to give copies you made to other people.

in the us, i have no idea. its probably illegal, but no one will catch you.

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 9:34 pm

Legal or not, the reality is is that it's super hard to track and it's unlikely you'd get caught. Also, if you can't copy it to a tape, then I don't see how it would be ok to copy songs to an iPod or something.

Reploid Ayla · Post by **Reploid Ayla** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:00 am

alright ill handle this

So you want to make Mixtapes. Im glad you've decided not to ditch cassettes.

You want to make mixtapes from content on your computer. SO!

there are many ways of doing this.

you can either connect your computer directly to a tape deck, or you can connect it to a receiver that then connects to a tape deck.

RCA imputs and outputs (red white cords) are usually the standard in most stereo receivers. So you are wondering, "how am I going to get a cord that goes into a audio output of a computer and then into the RCA imputs of a reciever?" well there is a cord that addresses this problem. and you can pick one up at Fred Meyer (or the equivelent) for 4 bucks.

Now you must connect your computer via audio out (headphone plug side)

to the CD/AUX/Tuner/TV/VCR/whatever INPUT(NOTE: DO NOT CONNECT TO PHONO! it may blow out your speakers)

you have the choice of connecting the computer either directly to the tape deck, or to the reciever. just make sure it is the input.

once they are connected, make a mix or whatever. then put the tape in the deck. Depending on how your stereo reciever records tapes, you'll have to prepare your stereo for the act of a tape transfer.

Note: you must check the volume level on the computer, as to avoid clipping. (where you have the computer on a volume at a level where the tape begins to record the audio fairly loud and the recording becomes distorted.

if that doesnt make sense at all pm me and ill clear some things up

and it is legal if you arent selling the tapes. so good luck.

Unidentified Assilant · Tue Jan 03, 2006 6:04 am

sam wrote:I love Canada.

I love england..

Oh yeah, and Retyold Ayla, that is possible, and with that, you can't just connect a Tape Deck to a CD Player, but most awesomely, a number of things, such as me connecting my Guitar Amp to a Tape Deck and pressing Record... that was awesome

Reploid Ayla · Post by **Reploid Ayla** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:49 am

Unidentified Assilant wrote:
sam wrote:I love Canada.
I love england..

Oh yeah, and Retyold Ayla, that is possible, and with that, you can't just connect a Tape Deck to a CD Player, but most awesomely, a number of things, such as me connecting my Guitar Amp to a Tape Deck and pressing Record... that was awesome

im not sure about your tape deck, but mine you can connect a cd player to the audio input of the tape deck. You cannot hear the recording, but it directly records.