Copyright & DRM
Copyright law as written has many exceptions to when you can and can't copy. These exceptions are not binary and require that the end reason for the copy be taken into consideration.
For example "ripping" your CD (making a digital recording under the definition under the law) is both legal and protected due to section 1008;
No action may be brought under this title alleging infringement of copyright based on the manufacture, importation, or distribution of a digital audio recording device, a digital audio recording medium, an analog recording device, or an analog recording medium, or based on the noncommercial use by a consumer of such a device or medium for making digital musical recordings or analog musical recordings.
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