Satcomer
In Geostationary Orbit
Well I knew this day had to come: Download Uproar: Record Industry Goes After Personal Use. Fair Use be damned in the RIAA minds. 
Your all thieves if ....
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DeltaMac
Tech
I confess - I did it on my own little computer take me away! hahahahahahhahaha!
Seems to me that the RIAA could even stretch it to say that listening to a CD is creating an unauthorized copy (in the air, right?), therefore listening to a licensed song is also illegal. Simply playing a CD is stealing music, right? You can't legally play a licensed CD in front of a public audience. Why should there be any difference if you listen in private? It's all illegal - unless you play the CD in front of 4 RIAA lawyers who are blood-certified and bonded not to listen to the actual music, and the music is played on the RIAA-approved player that does not provide any audible connection (you don't want to listen, as that also would be unauthorized, you know)
This makes as much sense as the RIAA stretches in that article!
take me away! hahahahahahhahaha!Seems to me that the RIAA could even stretch it to say that listening to a CD is creating an unauthorized copy (in the air, right?), therefore listening to a licensed song is also illegal. Simply playing a CD is stealing music, right? You can't legally play a licensed CD in front of a public audience. Why should there be any difference if you listen in private? It's all illegal - unless you play the CD in front of 4 RIAA lawyers who are blood-certified and bonded not to listen to the actual music, and the music is played on the RIAA-approved player that does not provide any audible connection (you don't want to listen, as that also would be unauthorized, you know)
This makes as much sense as the RIAA stretches in that article!
Mikuro
Crotchety UI Nitpicker
*sigh*
They make Microsoft look angelic.
The article keeps moving back and forth between file sharing and ripping. These are two completely different things. Was there just a clueless writer/editor involved, or is it a subtle way of spreading the RIAA propaganda that they are the same?
I'll grant the RIAA one thing — they've managed to keep me from downloading/sharing their music. However, they've also stopped me from buying their music. I have not bought a CD from a major American label since Napster was shut down. I bought some tracks from iTunes when it first came out, but I stopped that, too.
If you don't like the way they do business, it's your responsibility not to do business with them.
To find music not affiliated with the RIAA, check out http://www.riaaradar.com/ and http://www.boycott-riaa.com/
They make Microsoft look angelic.
The article keeps moving back and forth between file sharing and ripping. These are two completely different things. Was there just a clueless writer/editor involved, or is it a subtle way of spreading the RIAA propaganda that they are the same?
I'll grant the RIAA one thing — they've managed to keep me from downloading/sharing their music. However, they've also stopped me from buying their music. I have not bought a CD from a major American label since Napster was shut down. I bought some tracks from iTunes when it first came out, but I stopped that, too.
If you don't like the way they do business, it's your responsibility not to do business with them.
To find music not affiliated with the RIAA, check out http://www.riaaradar.com/ and http://www.boycott-riaa.com/
Ha. I decided around 2003 to not buy any more audio CDs unless there is a good reason and that is still valid for me (so excluding some South American and Putumayo stuff).
Should we all start to threaten e.g. taxi drivers or elevator companies and shopping centers if they force us to listen to music?
Should we all start to threaten e.g. taxi drivers or elevator companies and shopping centers if they force us to listen to music?
Satcomer
In Geostationary Orbit
Here is some more information. It's a little late though.