RIAA Goes After "Personal Use" Doctrine

[admin]

No longer content to sue MP3-downloading students, now the industry is targeting customers who rip purchased CDs to their computers.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2242789,00.asp

[Chewy]

Personally, I'd like to see the RIAA executives brought up on extortion and racketeering charges and imprisoned for their actions, but I guess that's just wishful thinking, given that our legal system favors the corporation over the citizenry and the public good.

John sounds pretty mad

[rago88]

Another angle........


http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/r...erks-about-it/

[drfsupercenter]

How can they possibly sue someone for ripping CDs?

Is that not what iTunes and Zune software etc. do legally? I rip as mp3 and then put on my Zune... but if they're going after people like me, how do Apple and Microsoft stand a chance? Surely we can't be asked to re-buy all our songs from the store... I'd be broke if I did that!