Music Piracy

Isn't free copying of music infringing copyright law? The Audio Home Recording Act (AHRA) [3], states: 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 …

…digital technology in some cases, have failed to become popular in the marketplace. One hypothesis is that it is the copying controls incorporated into these technologies that effectively led to their demise. This hypothesis is supported by the fact that the media/device currently popular for digital recording, the compact disc recorder, is largely available without digital copying controls, and that professional digital recording devices, also available without copying controls, have become an industry standard.