Can I legally burn a CD to ITunes in the United Kingdom?
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)
If you are trying to get a firm statement for legal purposes you will have to consult a lawyer. The people responding here are other users like you.
For general purposes it is acceptable to burn a CD for personal use. Even back when music had DRM protection you could burn up to 7 copies of a CD (I guess for a largish family and maybe a car or two).
Hi,
Read this article http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/33566933/ripping-music-and-films-illegal-a gain-after-high-court-overturns-new-law
Jim
You can burn a CD from iTunes music. i.e Copy music from iTunes to a CD to be played in regular CD Players.
But you don't burn to iTunes. You can RIP a CD to iTunes, i.e copy the contents of a CD into your iTunes Library.
With that said, whether doing that is legal, only a copyright attorney would be able to conclusively answer that.
However, based on several articles, it may not be legal, in either direction anymore:
Burning to a CD
http://uk.businessinsider.com/using-itunes-to-make-a-mixtape-cd-became-illegal-i n-the-uk-this-summer-and-no-one-noticed-…
Ripping From a CD
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3188779/Using-iTunes-UK-practical ly-ILLEGAL-Copying-music-CD-collection-v…
Can you legally burn a CD to ITunes?
