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If you are the legal owner of a CD or DVD you may lend your items to a friend. It is illegal to make copies and distribute many of the copyrighted items.

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No, it is not technically illegal to lend a friend a CD or DVD for personal use. Copyright law allows individuals to lend items they have purchased to friends for personal use. However, making copies or distributing the content would be a violation of copyright law.

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Yes, it is illegal to make a copy of a C.D. for anybody but the owner. If the C.D. is not copyrighted it is legal but that's very rare

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