 The law explicitly allows to make private copies of copyrighted work without the author's consent for published works if the copy is not for commercial use.To compensate authors, the law establishes a compensatory tax associated with certain recording media (CDs, DVDs, cassettes), managed through societies of authors and editors (as SGAE and CEDRO).Such private copies of a protected work must be made for the private use (not collective, nor lucrative) of the copier (2�º of 
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