EvilMonkey Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 before it finds a way to bite back. According to the asshats in the recording industry, they think it is illegal for you to take the CD's that you legally purchased and put them on your ipods. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...7122800693.html It's a long story, so i won't post the whole thing, but the meat of the story is this line"The industry's lawyer in the case, Ira Schwartz, argues in a brief filed earlier this month that the MP3 files Howell made on his computer from legally bought CDs are "unauthorized copies" of copyrighted recordings" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Dec 30, 2007 -> 11:12 PM) before it finds a way to bite back. According to the asshats in the recording industry, they think it is illegal for you to take the CD's that you legally purchased and put them on your ipods. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...7122800693.html It's a long story, so i won't post the whole thing, but the meat of the story is this line"The industry's lawyer in the case, Ira Schwartz, argues in a brief filed earlier this month that the MP3 files Howell made on his computer from legally bought CDs are "unauthorized copies" of copyrighted recordings" I read a thread about this on Fark earlier today. Basically, they don't have a legal leg to stand on and they will lose in court unless this guy can't afford to defend himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonWeltall Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 RIAA lawyers told the Supreme Court that ripping a CD to your computer or iPod WAS "perfectly lawful". Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilMonkey Posted December 31, 2007 Author Share Posted December 31, 2007 QUOTE(CrimsonWeltall @ Dec 30, 2007 -> 11:32 PM) RIAA lawyers told the Supreme Court that ripping a CD to your computer or iPod WAS "perfectly lawful". Link I hate them as much as I hate the BSA. Hopefully this comes us, and this guy makes the RIAA pays his court costs, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Dec 30, 2007 -> 11:37 PM) I hate them as much as I hate the BSA. Hopefully this comes us, and this guy makes the RIAA pays his court costs, etc. You hate the Boy Scouts of America?!?!! Seriously though, the RIAA can go straight to hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilMonkey Posted December 31, 2007 Author Share Posted December 31, 2007 QUOTE(StrangeSox @ Dec 31, 2007 -> 08:23 AM) You hate the Boy Scouts of America?!?!! Seriously though, the RIAA can go straight to hell. Well, I meant the Business Software Alliance. Although they do make the Nazis look like the boy scouts in comparrison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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