Can you legally burn a CD to ITunes? (2024)

Limnos

410,762 points

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).

Jimzgoldfinch

28,155 points

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

Phil0124

198,437 points

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…