Posted on 12/31/2007 6:56:52 AM PST by Red in Blue PA
In an unusual case ... the industry is taking its argument against music sharing one step further ... [the RIAA] maintains that it is illegal for someone who has legally purchased a CD to transfer that music into his computer ... Whether customers may copy their CDs onto their computers -- an act at the very heart of the digital revolution -- has a murky legal foundation, the RIAA argues.
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So, does this have any effect on putting a CD onto an iPod?
LOL!
Don’t laugh. They might!
Is there any organization which looks more foolish in more people’s eyes than the RIAA?
I would venture no.
Does this mean I’m in violation for every album I’ve put on cassettes????
Are they going to sue Apple, since iTunes makes it easy to create MP4 files from CDs?
The sad truth is that the music industry is in bigtime deniel to the reality that the CD’s are on their way out and they will be replaced by mp3’s. RIAA, get with the times or go into the dustbin of history.
so why arent they going after mp3 player manufacturors?
wheres the lawsuit against apple?
I think in their world you are in violation if you even THINK of doing that.
Don’t even say that in jest- they’re already going after retail stores that play the radio over their PA systems.
Imagine a whole new way for them to make money, actually on their songs. And, the new opportunities for savvy people to pick up on new groups and promote small and then larger concerts through the net.
My problem with this is that you never heard complaints from the music industry when people would record songs from the radio onto cassette tapes.
What about all the songs I sing in my head???
Apple can afford aphalanx of lawyers. Most individuals cannot.
Their modus operandi is attack through the path of least resistance.
And that is exactly why they are declaring war on individual consumers.
However, if they get involved in file sharing... then that is copyright infrigement.
When I purchase CDs, I do so with the express intent of listening to them on my PC. I don’t even own any CD player other than the PC. Also, I don’t give away copies. Now the RIAA says that using them on a PC is illegal. Are they nuts? My PC is my CD player.
That is the law as it currently stands, but that is NOT what the RIAA is saying here.
Something I think odd is that when I play bar trivia and the question starts with “According to the RIAA..”, I’m the only one booing at the mention of their name. It’s a younger crowd but even they should be aware of what these jerks are trying to pull.
It used to be about the music man! (just kidding)
Seriously, does anybody by CD’s anymore?
RIAA exists solely for the distribution of music. As a result of this new technology that allows anyone to perform their job, they are in panic mode. If this technology goes forward, then RIAA goes under, and the people employed by/at RIAA lose their jobs.
As a result, they are spending other companies' money to sue people in order to keep their jobs, and their only way of getting that income.
They have. In the USA they're lobbying for a tax on recording media, and here in Canada they attempted to have the tax on blank CDs extended to cover hard drives. The money goes to a slush fund that pays off established artists but very little of it actually makes it to the copyright owners.
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