What does someone do when they have a legitimate backup of a CD, but no original to reference as their proof of purchase.
For instance… My old car stereo required a CD to unlock it in the event of a power failure. I had programmed in Wu-Tang Clan’s – Enter the 36 Chambers. Over the life of the stereo I had to repurchase the album 6 times. Through my own failures of CD management, and the efforts of others to pilfer my collection, I lost every copy I’ve ever owned, however, the last time I ripped a copy of the CD, and then used burned copies in the future to unlock the car stereo.
In this situation, I legally own 6 licenses to the album, but have no proof other than the copy I ripped onto my computer (which is now lost).
So where does that fall on the scale of copyright infringement? Am I safe from the hounding eyes of the RIAA?
I hardly doubt this is a unique scenario.
