12 | HAlAchicAllY SpeAKiNg by Rabbi Moshe David Lebovits
Copyright Issues
live at home. However, once a child gets married a copy may not be made for that child. It is permitted to copy a song off the radio since the quality is not as good as it would be if one were to buy the CD or tape. Music that is offered on the internet may not be copied since it is only put there for one to listen to. 98
Some producers maintain that the forty-five second clips that are offered on the internet may be copied. Copying a CD or tape is forbidden even if one would never buy the CD or tape. 99
94. Horav Yisroel Belsky Shlita. Refer to Igros Moshe O.C. 4:40:19, Yabea Omer C.M. 7:9, Mishnas Zechuyos
(number 21).
95. Parshas Yisro 20:13.
96. Refer to Igros Moshe O.C. 4:40:19.
97. Refer to Rivevos Ephraim 4:248, 3:596.
9:footnotes 26-27.
99. Horav Yisroel Belsky Shlita. One is not allowed to copy even one song from many CDs or tapes to make a mix
(Horav Yisroel Belsky Shlita). If one who copied a CD or tape despite not being allowed to do so may listen to it in