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The RIAA is made of the dumb. [Dec. 11th, 2007|11:52 am]
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According to a brief filed in a court case in Arizona, the RIAA is now of the opinion that ripping your CDs to MP3 format is "unauthorized" and is therefore illegal.  This despite the fact that they actually argued the OPPOSITE before the Supreme Court in their case against Grokster.

Remember, these are the same people who have admitted that they can't understand the technology that they are supposed to be "protecting" the fat rich guys who wouldn't know good music if it bit them "recording industry" from.  As Doug Morris, Chairman of UMG, admitted in this article in WIRED.

Morons.

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[User Picture]From: [info]chris_walsh
2007-12-11 05:02 pm (UTC)

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*starts humming Weird Al's "Don't Download This Song*

I've said it before, I'll say it again: "Don't Download This Song" may be genuinely brilliant. And a needed "F you" to the industry.
From: [info]signy1
2007-12-11 05:17 pm (UTC)

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Wait a minute. So if I buy the CD and rip it to my Ipod (so that I can, y'know, listen to it on the bus), I'm doing something illegal? In what parallel universe does that make sense?
[User Picture]From: [info]scifantasy
2007-12-11 05:27 pm (UTC)

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Didn't you know? You're supposed to buy all your music again through the iTunes Music Store in order to use your iPod.

*rolls eyes*

The only institutions committing ritual suicide faster than the RIAA are independent bookstores.
[User Picture]From: [info]fabricdragon
2007-12-11 05:37 pm (UTC)

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i want my MP3..... Tom Smith
dont download this song .... Weird Al

and you know they want you to pay them royalties for buying an Zune. not for the music. for the player.....

now its "converting it to a format i can use for my own purposes and listening" is bad? these guys are made of loopy!
[User Picture]From: [info]zarhooie
2007-12-11 07:17 pm (UTC)

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....The fuck?

So what they're basically saying is even though I paid money for it, it's still not mine. That's like saying that even though I bought this cake recipe, I can't write it down anywhere else or give it to anyone.
[User Picture]From: [info]geekymomcat
2007-12-13 06:18 am (UTC)

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You know, for the entirety of my life I recall that copyright laws had an allowance for an archive copy of of legally owned recordings. Am I wrong in my memory of this? If I'm not, does the law indicate that the backup copy must be in the same physical format as the original?

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