[TommyDale]

Here's where the RIAA should spend their efforts -- on people who make illegal copies FOR SALE! Leave those of us who copy OUR OWN CD'S AND TAPES alone. After all, we paid for them once, then we paid a fee for the blanks. How many times does the RIAA expect us to pay?

[Abcdefg]

I believe it is currently legal to copy your own CDs and tapes for archival purposes.

[eno_]

Correct!

This is real piracy. Gnutella is not: you are not making a profit, hence you are not a pirate. It may not be the intent of the Fair Use doctrine that you share so openly, and it may be unfair to authors that you do so, but to compare P2P sharing to this kind of piracy is what got everyone annoyed at the RIAA.

[AAABEST]

I agree.

I hate the RIAA buggy whip makers and their pathetic attempts to mold all technology to fit their bottom line.

However, this is real piracy. It's one thing for a 14 year old to DL a Metallica track, it's another for Achmed the convenience store owner to be selling entire CDs.