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6. The "Fair Use" exemption or the "First Amendment" protects me.

DON'T BET ON IT. Some uses may be "fair," but uploading and downloading full-length recordings without permission almost certainly is not "fair use." As for the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, it does protect freedom of speech and religion. It doesn't include the right to infringe on copyright. As a matter of fact, copyright itself was written into the Constitution before the Framers ever even got to the first 10 amendments.

Better luck next time. Try the next one.


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