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16 Feb 2006
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has reversed its position on CD ripping and now wants the practice outlawed.
In a filing to the US government concerning digital rights management the RIAA and other copyright industry associations said the fact that CD ripping is widespread does not make it legal.
"Nor does the fact that permission to make a copy in particular circumstances is often or even routinely granted necessarily establish that the copying is a fair use when the copyright owner withholds that authorisation," the filing stated.
"In this regard, the statement attributed to counsel for copyright owners in the MGM v. Grokster case is simply a statement about authorisation, not about fair use."
This is a complete reversal of the RIAA's previous policy. In last year's Supreme Court MGM v. Grokster case a representative of the RIAA described ripping a CD and putting it on an iPod as "perfectly lawful".
"It is no secret that the entertainment 'oligopolists' are not happy about space-shifting and format-shifting," said the Electronic Frontier Foundation in a statement. "But surely ripping your own CDs to your own iPod passes muster. "
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Right To Listen?
Perhaps the RIAA could remove our right to listen to the music on our CD's too. If we just buy them to make others filthy rich - That's all they want.
Posted by: ZaXXoN 27 Sep 2007
An Evil, Evil Association
The RIAA has got to be one of the most hated associations in many a year. They deserve to be hurt in any way possible. Hopefully they will be brought down soon. Anyone who profits from them show carry their guilt for the rest of their lives. These people are trying to make money off of living in the past. They truly deserve anything bad that happens to them
Posted by: Cat Travis 17 Mar 2007
Bye bye CD sales
So what are we buying when we get a CD? The right to listen to it on 'approved' devices only? What a joke. If the RIAA thinks it is going to gain sales by telling people they can't make a backup of something they bought and own, they are in for a big surprise. No one is going to buy CD's again
Posted by: ESP 10 Feb 2007
What is your stand on MP3?
What is your stand on MP3? This is one of those urban myths like alligators in the toilet. MP3 is just a technology and the technology itself never did anything wrong! There are lots of legal MP3s from great artists on many, many online sites. The problem is that some people use MP3 to take one copy of an album and make that copy available on the Internet for hundreds of thousands of people. That's not fair. If you choose to take your own CDs and make copies for yourself on your computer or portable music player, that's great. It's your music and we want you to enjoy it at home, at work, in the car and on the jogging trail. But the fact that technology exists to enable unlimited Internet distribution of music copies doesn't make it right.
Posted by: Ten 19 Feb 2006
Anyone watch ABC'S PrimeTime News about PLAYOLA
These record labels are illegally paying bribes ect. to radio stations, disc jockeys to get certain songs on the air. Rigging songs on the carts. GO GET THEM ELIOT SPITZER!!
Posted by: John 19 Feb 2006
Yea uh-huh
Screw this come on whos going to buy a CD with the soul plan of playing it in a CD player since nobody uses them anymore.
Posted by: John 18 Feb 2006
Buy it again, and again, and again...
My beef is with thier mentality that I don't "OWN" my music. For example, I own a LP of Led Zeppelin II, I want to play it in my car, I would have to purchace the cassette of it (this is in the 80's). Now, I wnat to play it in my truck (now) I have to buy it on CD (again buying it) Yesterday my girlfriend gave me a MP3 player. To play Led Zeppelin II the way THEY claim is legal, i have to buy the media AGAIN... That is FOUR cpoies of The Lemon Song.... They are squeesing the juce alright...
Posted by: Dave In Houston 17 Feb 2006
What the???...
Why would any one want to buy a cd then? Does this include creating a CD from music bought off the internet? What are the thinking? What do they expect to gain? How do these gready SOBs expect to make a buck if every one hates them? Go listen to live music and forget the CDs. It's better for the musicians anyway and it's probubly better music. Spoken like a true musician. I play guitar and record my own music, because it enriches my life and makes me feel glad to be alive.
Posted by: Matt McNair 17 Feb 2006
The RIAA can eat me
I used to buy a couple of CDs or more every pay day. Now, those greedy maggots are turning on their own customers. I have almost completely quit buying music at all. I've got hundreds of CDs, had to buy extra storage for them...and now they claim I don't have the right to copy them to a digital player for my own use. I hope their entire industry goes bankrupt!
Posted by: Tommy Ward 17 Feb 2006
music lover
ok if that is what you'd like i'd like you to lower prices so i can increase my cd / vinyl collection from the paltry 1390 titles(including many format duplicates and remasters) to say 3000 or so. the idea that you actually market the music i listen to is laughable so reduce the cost of the cds you don't actually market. you know actual music played by musicians not the drivel on the radio / mtv etc. spend all of your marketing capital forcing the brainwashed masses to buy britney (example). no i don't rip to cds i invite people over to listen.
Posted by: dean mcclure 17 Feb 2006
Ripping CD's
I Have a 2500 cd collection all bought and paid for at the RIP OFF prices charged by the recording industry. I therefore fell as i have bought the cds if i want to rip them to put on a Ipod or my mp3 player i have the right to do so as i have purchased the music. RIAA are clutching at straws to make life difficult for the music lover, It appears they want us to buy the cds and pay again for the music from their members dowmload sites which is bang out of order
Posted by: Gary Lines 16 Feb 2006