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Just when you thought the RIAA couldn't get any worse....
Johnny C:
Sorry, I've already copyrighted the act of posting.
I expect my royalty cheques in the mail any day now.
My Aim Is True:
--- Quote from: Orbert on 04 Jan 2008, 15:22 ---"While there's a pretty good argument for the legality of ripping under the market factor of fair use, it's never actually been ruled as such by a judge -- so paradoxically, the RIAA might be shooting itself in the foot here, because a judge wouldn't ever rule on it unless they argue that it's illegal. Looks like someone may end up being too clever for their own good, eh?"
Help me, I'm stupid. I've been through that little section there three times, and I'm still not sure what it means.
It sounds like it's saying that presumably, ripping a copy of a CD you own is fair use, but has never been tested in court as such. I follow that. So the RIAA is shooting itself in the foot because "a judge wouldn't ever rule on it unless they argue that it's illegal." Meaning it will remain untested in court unless/until the RIAA tries to argue that ripping a copy of your CD is not fair use? Isn't that what's happening right now?
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let me break it down.
1. Copying a CD onto your ocmputer, without shairng it, is PROBABLY LEGAL, but has never been tested.
2. The RIAA now wants to say that it is illegal to do so.
3. The legality of copying for personal use will now be tested.
4. A judge will rule that it IS legal to copy a CD for yourself. The RIAA will lose that specific point, which would not have ahppened if they hadn't brought it up.
the only way that the RIAA's argument here makes any sense, hypothetically, is if they claim that after putting a CD you own onto your ipod, you must delete the copy off the computer. Otherwise, they are implying that ipods are illegal.
Patrick:
If they do rule in a way that makes iPods illegal, Apple's gonna be -fucked-
Tom:
Poor them, they were just startin' to really enjoy fuckin' us.
Inlander:
--- Quote from: KimJongSick on 05 Jan 2008, 01:49 ---If they do rule in a way that makes iPods illegal, Apple's gonna be -fucked-
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If it came to that, I'm pretty sure Apple has the resources to fight 'em in the courts.
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