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Copyright law - making copies for personal use

Copyright law - making copies for personal use

Posted Nov 15, 2020 5:48 UTC (Sun) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: Copyright law - making copies for personal use by giraffedata
Parent article: The RIAA, GitHub, and youtube-dl

> No, you cannot legally make a copy of a TV broadcast under US copyright law, even for personal use.
You absolutely can. Time-shifting was ruled legal by the SCOTUS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_shifting#History_in_th...

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Copyright law - making copies for personal use

Posted Nov 15, 2020 17:32 UTC (Sun) by giraffedata (guest, #1954) [Link]

I stand corrected, and thank you for the correction.

You know, I read that Wikipedia article just before posting and between then and when I hit publish, I forgot the result of the case.

Good thing it does not disturb my main point, since the only reason that case went to the Supreme Court is that recording TV broadcasts generally isn't allowed.


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