A couple of quotes from a Washington Post story:
So ripping a CD you bought to put it on your iPod is illegal, the music industry's attorneys maintain.
That's taking a logical law to its illogical end.
Preposterous? Ask a few formerly naive University of Tennessee students about the recording industry's ball peen hammer tactics.
More from Duncan Riley at TechCrunch.
The [recording] industry maintains that it is illegal for someone who has legally purchased a CD to transfer that music into his computer.
Copying a song you bought is "a nice way of saying 'steals just one copy,'"
So ripping a CD you bought to put it on your iPod is illegal, the music industry's attorneys maintain.
That's taking a logical law to its illogical end.
Preposterous? Ask a few formerly naive University of Tennessee students about the recording industry's ball peen hammer tactics.
More from Duncan Riley at TechCrunch.
; "Cal Malamud")
; "Gutenberg Press")
; "New York Times")
; "Jerry Douglas")
; "Dan Tyminski")
; "IMGA0409.JPG")
; "Cathy Clarke Birthday")
; "ICONN"){kind=logo}
; "Janet Coats")
; "Kodak Brownie")
Leave a comment