quoted 7 lines Ironically, thanks to the Audio Home Recording Act, owners of DATs and
> Ironically, thanks to the Audio Home Recording Act, owners of DATs and
> other digital recording devices who make digital copies of copyrighted
> material for private use are exempted from copyright infringement
> liability (in return for this, record labels get royalties for every DAT
> or other digital recording device) sold.
> Do plain old analog recording devices (with arguably shittier fidelity)
> get this protection? Nope.
If you're referring to protection from being sued under US copyright law,
owners of analog hardware are indeed protected from such suits under the AHRA.
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