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Originally Posted by BigDeanEvans
Format shifting... is that similar to time shifting?
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http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1054784.html
the RIAA attempted to sue to stop diamond rio from releasing software to rip cd to mp3
since no one sold mp3 back then
and diamond rio mp3 players was a solid state disk and not a cd player
this would have made the mp3 player useless.
the fair use of format shifting is what made it legal (the right to change the format of content you bought)
it similar to timeshifting (the right to move the viewing time of content you bought from x day to y day) only in that it is a fair use.