RIAA suing citizen for copying legally purchased CDs to PC

[wraggster]

Sure, we've heard RIAA-admiring lawyers affirm that ripping your own CDs is in fact "stealing," but it seems the aforementioned entity is putting its money where its mouth is in a case against Jeffrey Howell. Reportedly, the Scottsdale, Arizona resident is being sued by the RIAA, and rather than Mr. Howell just writing a check and calling it a day, he's fighting back in court. Interestingly, it seems that the industry is maintaining that "it is illegal for someone who has legally purchased a CD to transfer that music into their computer." Ira Schwartz, the industry's lawyer in the case, is arguing that MP3 files created on his computer from legally purchased CDs are indeed "unauthorized copies," and while we've no idea what will become of all this, we suppose you should go on and wipe those personal copies before you too end up in handcuffs.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/29/r...sed-cds-to-pc/

[JKKDARK]

and? you will not stop it, people will get their mp3s legally and even illegaly

[bah]

Drowning men will grasp at straws.

[Triv1um]

What about Ipods etc.?

Itunes is stupid money per track, so no person in a sane mind will pay that. Ripping CDs is the only choice.

Stupid. I have 120gb of music on my HDD. Come and get me.