RIAA Says Ripping CDs to Your iPod is NOT Fair Use

[Wolfie]

It is no secret that the entertainment oligopolists are not happy about space-shifting and format-shifting. But surely ripping your own CDs to your own iPod passes muster, right? In fact, didn't they admit as much in front of the Supreme Court during the MGM v. Grokster argument last year?

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004409.php

alternatingFU

[Potato]

What the fuck.

I'm pasting what I wrote at p2pconsortium.

So in a perfect world according to the RIAA, we would buy CDs.... only listen to them via discmans... sometimes computers, but now that's questionable... unless we like having stupid shit installed (which, of course, some people don't care about because they don't know what they're doing).

Oh and if we want music on our mp3 player, we buy songs off itunes or whatever other paid service.....

Eat me, asshats.

[method77]

sounds fair

[method77]

wait a minute...

this is from the RIAA site:

"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."

http://www.riaa.com/issues/ask/default.asp#stand

[CTC Command]

Do they even know what the fuck they are doing anymore?