"FoxTrot" on DRM (Digital Rights Management) issues

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Happy New Year, here's hoping you stay out of jail!
by Jay Stevens

Here's a little New Year's cheer for all of you out there: the Recording Industry Association of America is going after citizens who copy their music CDs to their personal computers: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/28/AR2007122800693.html


Now, in an unusual case in which an Arizona recipient of an RIAA letter has fought back in court rather than write a check to avoid hefty legal fees, the industry is taking its argument against music sharing one step further: In legal documents in its federal case against Jeffrey Howell, a Scottsdale, Ariz., man who kept a collection of about 2,000 music recordings on his personal computer, the industry maintains that it is illegal for someone who has legally purchased a CD to transfer that music into his computer.

The industry's lawyer in the case, Ira Schwartz, argues in a brief filed earlier this month that the MP3 files Howell made on his computer from legally bought CDs are "unauthorized copies" of copyrighted recordings.

The RIAA has apparently lost its collective mind.

This isn't an isolated incident, either. An RIAA spokesman said that the industry will continue to prosecute folks who copy their CDs to their computers.

I suspect nearly all of you reading this have done exactly that.

Happy New Year!

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And still more in a more extensive article here:
http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14487



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[JEENEY]

well holy discs batman !!! we sure are going to hell in a hand basket quickly !! now im convinced the gov. needs some prozac !! are they just looking to rip off the small guy even more????? jeeney:eek:

[hoops]

a life without jail...hmmm, should i consider it?
peace
hoops

[DaveM]

Ah, heck, Hoops....live a little! It's all experience, after all. And educational. You get to meet interesting people--and receive cavity searches from them. Then there are the jailors....

[hoops]

cavity searches leave me feeling empty in the morning. i'm just not sure i want a record following me around the ...oh yeah, i'll be dead. hmmm jail...hmmm ps don't forget i've been hospitlized numrous times, cavity searches and interesting people have encompassed a large part of my life
peace
hoops