🚀 go-pugleaf

Hello

I hope you can help me with a copyright question.

I have been thinking about providing a service to transfer LP to CD
for people. Many people do not have a turntable and so are unable to
play their old vinyl records. Many of their LPs are not available on
CD.

According to an article in a national newspaper, making a copy of an
LP to CD is perfectly legal as long as the source material is owned
(ie the original LP). In fact a small number of organisations do
provide this service at the moment.

I received a phone call today from a 'concerned citizen' telling me
that this service is, in fact, illegal. He claimed that it is ONLY
acceptable for the person who owns the LP to make a copy THEMSELVES on
tape or CD for their own use but NOT legal for third party
organisations to make copies for them. For all I know, this person may
be a competitor trying to keep me out of business!

Can anyone help clarify the situation and/or let me know who to
contact for more information.

An e-mail response would be appreciated and the address is valid for
your convenience.

Thank you




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