Earlier quoted context omitted.
I literally bought many hundreds of used CDs and had them shipped to https://murfie.com/ to rip for me and give me FLACs automatically, because that was the only way to get lossless drm-free music I wanted legally. I even wrote a python library to automate the process since I had so much music I wanted to obtain legally that I needed bulk access. I spent thousands of dollars and many hours trying to play by the rules…
> Am I a criminal now anyway after all that work? You legally purchased the music and legally made backup copies of it. You are not a criminal. > I can't prove I own my own music if challenged I don't think that matters. Someone would need to prove you stole it, which they can't do since you didn't.
Welcome to the civil law world, where they don't need to prove that at all, they just need to ask "on the balance of probabilities, is it more likely than not that a violation happened here?". Unfortunately, for many, juries, and even judges, the mere assertion thereof by a corporation, even if backed by scant or contradictory evidence, is enough for them to say, "that's reasonable".