CD ripper "incites law breaking"

Barence writes: "A British firm has been banned from advertising a CD ripping device because it "incites law breaking". The Brennan JB7 is “a CD player with a hard disk that stores up to 5,000 CDs”. The adverts for the Brennan highlight the convenience of ripping your entire CD collection to the device – much like we’ve all been doing for years on our PCs, iPods and other MP3 players. The Advertising Standards Authority has banned the ads after concluding "that the ad misleadingly implied it was acceptable to copy CDs, vinyl and cassettes without the permission of the copyright owner"."

Toyota already did it

[Tx-0]

In my Toyota Prius 2010, the onboard CD Player has the ability to rip CDs and store them in the internal HDD. This feature is also advertised on the Toyota website.

Re: CD ripper "incites law breaking"

[EchoesHub]

There is often a lot of confusion regarding the legality of copying an official music CD purchased from a store or online. The Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 states that a person can create a copied CD legally for his own personal use but not for commercial distribution. As long as you own a real legitimate copy of the original CD, you can legally copy it for your own personal benefit.

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[heehau]

Advertising Standards Authority: UK
Audio Home Recording Act of 1992: USA

That said, I surely hope the UK has an equivalent provision on the books, somewhere.

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[risinganger]

We don't, that's part of the problem.