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Originally Posted by Skully
Fortunately, the RIAA doesn't get to decide such matters.
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They (and the MPAA) had tremendous influence on the DMCA which makes it illegal to circumvent DRM and makes a person who shares two mp3s a felon. This is why Sony among others tried to DRM music CDs and why they tried to get the whole music DVD thing going. They want you to pay for every delivery mechanism you want to employ, and they are trying to sneak it in with precedent where they've struggled with legislation. The brief quoted was a response to the judge specifically asking if making the mp3s was unauthorized, so they are really trying to say that ripping for personal use is illegal. Let's hope the judge sees this for what it is and tells them they don't get to make the law...
- Josh