RIAA: no more ripping cd's

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RIAA: no more ripping cd's

By teal_dx
- Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:09 pm #36198
Washington (DC) - The Recording Industry Association of America has filed a landmark federal lawsuit in Arizona, claiming that it is illegal for users to make copies of CD tracks to their computer for personal use.

The RIAA is going after Jeffrey Howell of Scottsdale, AZ. The group alleges that Howell shared 54 music files over the peer-to-peer network Kazaa. This kind of complaint has become commonplace for the RIAA, but they added something different to this lawsuit.

Ira Schwartz, an Arizona-based lawyer for the trade group, says Howell is also guilty of making "unauthorized copies" of CD tracks by ripping them to his computer, even though he may never have shared them with anyone else.

"It is undisputed that Defendant possessed unauthorized copies of Plaintiffs' copyrighted sound recordings on his computer," said Schwartz in a legal brief. "Once Defendant converted Plaintiffs' recording into the compressed .mp3 format and they are in his shared folder, they are no longer the authorized copies distributed by Plaintiffs."

This means that the RIAA is saying it could actually come after anyone who has ever used a CD ripping program to transfer tracks from a disc to a computer, regardless of whether or not file sharing was involved. The organization's website makes this clearer by noting, "If you make unauthorized copies of copyrighted music recordings ... you could be held legally liable for thousands of dollars in damages."

The case against Howell is believed to be the first to take this stance this far into the legal process.


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By Gorveatt
- Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:12 pm #36200 Looks like they will be going after Apple then, cause iTunes rips cd's for ya :roll:
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By Bouli
- Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:45 pm #36202 What a strange world we live in...
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By york62
- Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:03 pm #36203 Thts gay, what will be next.
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By asianrob
- Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:23 pm #36226 thats fucked up
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By pacmanlives
- Fri Jan 04, 2008 3:45 am #36275 yea thats crazy dont think they will win that 1

By JMan8108
- Fri Jan 04, 2008 4:00 am #36278 I haven't bought an actual CD in years
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By hkspowers
- Fri Jan 04, 2008 4:38 am #36285 I have looked into this and the RIAA has released another statement explaining that it is ok to ripp your music cd's but they cannot be put into any "shared" folders and whats worse they cannot even be shared to other computers on your home network. Fucked up if you ask me, I happen to have two computers so if I simply want to share my music files over my network to my other computer because ripping twice would be stupid I could get in trouble.
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By Gorveatt
- Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:34 pm #36312 they have no way of knowing if they are on a shared network if it's not available on the internet
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By teal_dx
- Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:41 pm #36313 what do they say about ripping your cd's on your pc and copying them to your ipod or mp3 player?

because i don't know anyone who's ipod is full of songs that they paid $1 each for from the itunes store :roll:

See you all in prison :lol:
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By Gorveatt
- Fri Jan 04, 2008 3:20 pm #36315
teal_dx wrote:what do they say about ripping your cd's on your pc and copying them to your ipod or mp3 player?

because i don't know anyone who's ipod is full of songs that they paid $1 each for from the itunes store :roll:

See you all in prison :lol:


Not for me, i will be a free man and you will be in jail :lol: copy wright laws in Canada are different, it is legal to share, just not for profit
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By york62
- Fri Jan 04, 2008 3:57 pm #36321
Gorveatt wrote:
teal_dx wrote:what do they say about ripping your cd's on your pc and copying them to your ipod or mp3 player?

because i don't know anyone who's ipod is full of songs that they paid $1 each for from the itunes store :roll:

See you all in prison :lol:


Not for me, i will be a free man and you will be in jail :lol: copy wright laws in Canada are different, it is legal to share, just not for profit


i didnt know that! Go us!
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By ohDirka
- Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:43 pm #36354 I thought the US is supposed to be the land of the free...it is our own freedom to do what we want with something we paid for right? all these laws now days are going against the original intentions of this country...fuck the RIAA, The war, gas prices,no smoking laws.
Our current president will go down in history as one of the worst in American history.
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By york62
- Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:49 pm #36355
D15kid wrote:I thought the US is supposed to be the land of the free...it is our own freedom to do what we want with something we paid for right? all these laws now days are going against the original intentions of this country...fuck the RIAA, The war, gas prices,no smoking laws.
Our current president will go down in history as one of the worst in American history.


I know I'm Canadian but you are right, he has impacted the world in a negative way i believe.
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By ohDirka
- Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:52 pm #36356 I feel bad for you Canadians I heard a case of beer is like 50 bucks and a pack a cigarettes is like 15 bucks :x Something about because of the free health care?
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