I don’t think it’s a secret that, roundabout these parts, the RIAA is a little less than loved-up.
Um…I bring to you, folks, something that just may, finally, turn the attempt at online music fairness (as in, “be fair to us, we’re giving your music free publicity and are being wined and dined by 45k -a-year PR reps who lose their jobs about 2 months in”) into something fought by “music geeks” and bring it to the masses, inciting them to light the freakin’ torches:
It is now ILLEGAL to rip music from a CD to your personal computer.
From the Washington Post:
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.
Have we had about enough now?
I know longer recognize the authority of the RIAA in this matter. Their method of legislation and enforcement have become as obsolete as the concept of buying CDs altogether. How do they expect people with MP3 players to put CDs they buy onto them? It’s a ridiculous law that will be overlooked just as nealy every other law they’ve pushed for has been.
I guess everyone who owns an iPod is a criminal now? Cue the world’s largest EYE ROLL!!!