Screw The RIAA

By Daniel Miessler on February 15th, 2006: Tagged as Culture | DRM | General | Music

So the RIAA just came out and said that ripping a CD that you bought legally is not “fair use”, meaning it shouldn’t be legal.

I say screw them. I pay good money for my music and these people have lost their minds if they think that putting legally purchased music from a CD on an iPod is somehow wrong.

I can’t wait until these people shatter under the weight of their own stupidity.

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Jason Powell

That would have to be one of the worst ideas ever.
Not if you're a copyright holder standing to make sack-loads of cash off of people buying multiple copies of a single product for use in various devices. It's a publisher's wet dream, besides making each individual pay for experiencing a book/song/movie (and don't think that ain't in the works, either).

brad

That is pretty lame. I will continue to rip any cd that I purchase to my iPod. If I purchase an album, I consider that to be my property to distribute freely among my various media players (cd player in the car, iPod, winamp, etc.). Imagine buying a copy in the store to listen to in the car, and then a separate copy for use on portable players. That would have to be one of the worst ideas ever.

Chris Messina

Hey man, spread the meme: EFF the RIAA.

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