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RIAA says you can't rip songs from your CDs
Member Since: 8/6/2003
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RIAA says you can't rip songs from your CDs
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but if this is true, LMFAO  . Just read:
This is so mind-blowingly ridiculous I'll leave all of the smarminess to you guys to wipe up in the comments. In the case Atlantic vs. Howell—the couple's being sued for sharing songs over KaZaA—the RIAA filed a supplemental brief. On page 15, they repeatedly call ripped MP3s "unauthorized copies," basically arguing that ripping songs from a CD to your computer for personal use is making an "unauthorized" copy. And the money quote so you don't have to pore over the whole document:
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It is undisputed that Defendant possessed unauthorized copies of Plaintiffs' copyrighted sound recordings on his computer ... Virtually all of the sound recordings on Exhibit B are in the ".mp3" format. ... Defendant admitted that he converted these sound recordings from their original format to the .mp3 format for his and his wife's use.
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Source: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/ripped/ri...ies-332550.php
OMFG, that's gotta be the JOKE OF THE YEAR!! So no I can't rip songs from the CDs I bought to my own PC? 
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Member Since: 10/21/2005
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Seriously? I listen to all my music on my computer. I import my CDs to my computer. I don't like to play my CDs unless I have to. If this is true, I'm going to start protesting.
This will cause a HUGE decline in sales. RIAA sucks.
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Member Since: 8/6/2003
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^ Me too!! The only time I listen to a regular CD is when I'm driving, and even that's kinda RARE, since I always select a mix of songs and burn them in a CD-R.
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Member Since: 4/12/2007
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well, i understand where the RIAA is coming from because something needs to be done to save these album sales from plummeting further. unfortunately, they've already let the pandora out of the box and i don't think there is any way they can actually stop people from ripping cds on their computer anymore unless they load viruses onto the cd or something drastic like that. but if you own an mp3 player, you really don't have any choice but to load your album onto your computer so...:-/ i think it's wrong to burn copies of a cd for friends/family or to load your album onto file-sharing services but there's absolutely no way to stop people from doing it.
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Member Since: 10/21/2005
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Yeah, good point. But how do you put an album on your iPod? You have to buy it again from iTunes or something?
Kind of pathetic. I'm not buying it twice. (unless it's Britney).
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Member Since: 8/6/2003
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Bobby, I get the part about burning copies to friends etc, but I actually think trying to prohibit us from ripping the songs for our OWN use is what's gonna BURY album sales. Do they want me to do what instead, illegal downloads? :-/
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Originally posted by Corruption
(unless it's Britney).
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Member Since: 10/8/2007
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WTF? THEN HOW DO YOU PUT MUSIC IN UR IPOD OR MP3? THEY JUST WANT MONEY, THEY WANT PEOPLE TO GO AND BUY FROM ITUNES!
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Member Since: 4/12/2007
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Originally posted by Anthony Kerty
Bobby, I get the part about burning copies to friends etc, but I actually think trying to prohibit us from ripping the songs for our OWN use is what's gonna BURY album sales. Do they want me to do what instead, illegal downloads? :-/
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yeah i totally agree, i like owning cds and going to the stores and buying them but 99% of the time i listen to music on my ipod or from my computer. it would really be terrible not to be able to load my cds onto my ipod because then i'd have nothing to listen to when i'm at the gym, doing chores, in my car (i don't have a cd player in my car so i have an adapter for my ipod).
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Member Since: 6/26/2005
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Ok, so my guess would be that the next thing they will say is that iPods and MP3 players are illegal and sue Apple and the other corporations? It's not like you're uploading them to the internet to share, they're for your own personal use and it's more convenient than having to carry around 100-500 CD's with you when you can have all of your CD's ripped onto iTunes for your iPod. It doesn't hurt CD sales either because I still BUY all of my music, either by CD's or in the iTunes store, both of which are 100% legal. RIAA takes things too far sometimes, especially since many singers and bands endorse itunes and ipods and the only way to use them is to rip music to your computer.
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Member Since: 3/8/2007
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**** RIAA 
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Member Since: 1/27/2006
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What? :-/ I expected them to change certifications cause nothing is gonna get sales back up to where everyone would go platinum in a month, but taking away the ability to rip CDs? That's really stupid. That's just gonna cause CDs to drop lower than they already are and raise digital sales/illegal downloading up by 1561541064%.
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If they want to see album sales up, then lower the god damn prices. A CD costs no more than 2 dollars to actually produce.
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Member Since: 5/17/2006
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That is not completly true. There are many new cds i brought that i have ripped to my computer. Some aritst may have a anti pricacy on their cd where it is write protected so you can only listen to them but most aritst you can still rip their cd to the computer. If someone really knows that they are doing they can get past all the technology that they put on the cd and still rip it
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Member Since: 5/17/2006
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That is not completly true. There are many new cds i brought that i have ripped to my computer. Some aritst may have a anti pricacy on their cd where it is write protected so you can only listen to them but most aritst you can still rip their cd to the computer. If someone really knows that they are doing they can get past all the technology that they put on the cd and still rip it
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Member Since: 8/9/2004
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I don't think it's true. Because it contradicts what I was actually reading on RIAA's website few days ago.
From RIAA's website:
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11. How is downloading music different from copying a personal CD?
Record companies have never objected to someone making a copy of a CD for their own personal use. We want fans to enjoy the music they bought legally. But both copying CDs to give to friends and downloading music illegally rob the people who created that music of compensation for their work. When record companies are deprived of critical revenue, they are forced to lay off employees, drop artists from their rosters, and sign fewer bands. That’s bad news for the music industry, but ultimately bad news for fans as well. We all benefit from a vibrant music industry committed to nurturing the next generation of talent.
13. Should devices such as CD burners be outlawed since they are an easy way of making illegal copies of others creative efforts?
Devices and technology are not the problem. It’s when people use technology to break the law that we take issue.
Again and again, we have embraced the technological advances that have allowed millions upon millions of people around the world to enjoy the music we create. We want fans to enjoy their iPods, CD burners, and other devices, but we want them to do so responsibly, respectfully, and within the law.
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Originally posted by Zephyr
If they want to see album sales up, then lower the god damn prices. A CD costs no more than 2 dollars to actually produce.
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beyonce beyonce
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Member Since: 4/16/2002
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wtf, so the only way i can listen to cds is through a cd player (um...who really uses those anymore?) or a stereo system?
i think i should just go rip all of the cds i have onto my computer, just to spite them
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