[wes.coleman]

Does anybody else check out CD's from the library and rip them to your computer? I do it all the time

. I keep telling myself it's not technically stealing. I mean, after all, I donated 100+ of my old CD's to the library, so that makes it even, right? lol. Last year, I actually took my laptop to the library, sat in a deserted corner and ripped CD's for about 6 hours, lol. The librarians were shooting me nasty looks, so I decided to leave. You'd be surprised what you can find. Just last week I found a CD where the London Symphony Orchestra performed Sting's greatest hits.

Anybody else guilty?

 

[Assorted]

As much as it is tempting, I never do it, because it's fundamentally stealing.

 

[Ogresmash]

That is a tricky moral predicament. One the one hand, technically your tax dollars are paying for those CDs. They're public property, right? And by ripping them you're not denying any else access to them, so it seems perfectly fine. If you were to go in to a library and copy down a book word for word so you could read it at home, would that be illegal?

On the other hand, it's sort of like buying a CD and then letting all of your friends rip it, which is generally considered unethical.

 

[Assorted]

I'm sure that if the public had a right to ownership of the CDs, to an extent of ripping them and using it for personal use, our tax dollars would not be able to afford the kind of licensing the record companies would impose on such rights.

 

[fraseyboy]

Yep, I do that.

I feel like a horrible person because of it...

 

[rxc]

A lightbulb just went off in my head...time to go get that library card.

 

[The Rover]

I think it's perfectly okay to rip library cd's, though personally I have no interest of doing so. I prefer buying my own records.

 

[ken36]

I did not chop down the cherry tree; nor did I ever inhale.

 

[GreatDane]

I want to know who doesn't do that...really.

...well, I've never done that because I haven't stepped foot inside of a library in 20 years

So you see, this makes me an angel.

 

[SR-71Panorama]

My local library has abysmal musical selections, of which 99 percent are scratched all over, making it impossible to rip. People don't care about taking care of it, since they can return it, so they apparently throw them around like frisbees, judging from the damage.

I just buy my music.

 

[LuckyKarma]

I just eliminate the ripping process and go straight to OiNK, that way I don't even have to leave my house

But that is a really good idea for finding interesting obscure stuff. Thanks for the idea

 

[Assorted]

Is it legal though? If somebody can point me to a sound answer, that would greatly benefit me, since there are alot of old CDs in my library that I would never find new.

 

[uraflit]

omg. you are a GENIUS!!!




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[zle83]

Quote:

Originally Posted by wes.coleman /img/forum/go_quote.gif Does anybody else check out CD's from the library and rip them to your computer? I do it all the time . I keep telling myself it's not technically stealing. I mean, after all, I donated 100+ of my old CD's to the library, so that makes it even, right? lol. Last year, I actually took my laptop to the library, sat in a deserted corner and ripped CD's for about 6 hours, lol. The librarians were shooting me nasty looks, so I decided to leave. You'd be surprised what you can find. Just last week I found a CD where the London Symphony Orchestra performed Sting's greatest hits. Anybody else guilty?

HMMM Let me think! All the TIME! well not recently but in the past, yes! If the library is allowing you to check out CDs, knowing full well that one can rip them, it's fair game my friends! You DO pay taxes to have a membership at the city library that you belong too! You are not making money off of it; however, I do believe in buying the CD of a band that you really like, as you should support them.

 

[zle83]

Quote:

Originally Posted by SR-71Panorama /img/forum/go_quote.gif My local library has abysmal musical selections, of which 99 percent are scratched all over, making it impossible to rip. People don't care about taking care of it, since they can return it, so they apparently throw them around like frisbees, judging from the damage. I just buy my music.

I have probably checked out and ripped 35 or so CDs at our library and have only run into 1 that was scratched beyond ripping. On that note, I will continue to take my chances at the library.