arstechnica.com -- Those MP3 and AAC files that you've ripped from your CD collection are still "unauthorized copies" in the eyes of the recording industry. In a brief filed late last week, the RIAA said that the MP3 files on a PC owned by a file-sharing defendant who had admitted to ripping them himself were "unauthorized copies." ...Read More
Comment #1 by Revelation 23 on December 13, 2007 at 00:59am
Great, the RIAA gets a new tool to harass people... I wonder if the Sony EULA that came with the rootkitted CD's has anything to do with this. In it, it specified conditions in which you were not allowed to have the songs on your computer. Once again, the industry seems to have found something to latch onto to abuse their position because of things some people do with music. How long are they going to go fater people, especially those who haven't done anything wrong? As one of the comments to the linked article says, it looks like the suits want us to buy more than one copy, one to cover the "normal" playing of the CD and one to cover having it in digital form, regardless of whether we play it on the computer or with an MP3 player. What's next?
Comment #2 by WastedZombie on December 13, 2007 at 03:33am
I hear you Rev... when they find a way to charge you every time you listen to each song... I'm done!
Comment #3 by Revelation 23 on December 14, 2007 at 6:26pm
Well, Zombie, wasn't that what they wanted to pull with internet broadcasts - i.e., pay per play and/or per listener?
Comment #4 by WastedZombie on December 14, 2007 at 10:46pm
Yes, but they didn't succeed! But if my WinAmp starts tallying up everytime I play In-A-Godda-Da-Vida... I'm gonna go broke!
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