NEWSFLASH: ILLEGAL TO RIP CDS TO COMPUTER

[tamalero]

the problem is, RIIA MPAA lawyers + stupid judges = more stupid legal abusive behavior.

remember the case where the "RAM" (as in memory)
was claimed to be "proof" by ajudge and that it shouldnt be erased? XD

 

[rgeist554]

remember the case where the "RAM" (as in memory)
was claimed to be "proof" by ajudge and that it shouldnt be erased? XD

Yeah, wasn't it an issue w/ a torrent site? Either way, that is fking retarded. He should have just brought him the RAM from the server and said "Here you go". Then the judge can take it to his tech team and they can laugh in his face.

I bet he just heard that RAM was the "Memory" of the computer. So he assumed that memory = storage. I hear this all the time from people that are not computer literate. "I bought another gig of memory because I was running out of space, but I still can't store any more files! WHAT THE F!!!!!" :sigh:

 

[pip_seeker]

The truth of the matter piracy has been around forever. which nerdy kid back in the 80's didn't make cassete dubs of their friends albums, create music tapes by taping the radio / other cassettes?

The only difference today is that they have a means to track it and can really see potentially how much revenue they are missing.

No matter what they do to prevent piracy there are always easy work arounds... and the locks they put on the discs just interfere make the paying public angry.

The bigger problem is none other than greed. While I don't like it when people steal my stuff either, there is little one can do about it. Suing your would be customers in court is rather stupid IMHO.

 

[spaztic7]

LOL!

mine is overclocked with lint...., oh wait thats overstuffed with lint

My lint catches on fire when I OC to much... how do you keep yours cool?

 

[imrul]

bs

 

[Icehearted]

Five bucks says the presiding judge has done it too.

 

[rgeist554]

Five bucks says the presiding judge has done it too.

May as well include the Jury, the RIAA, and anyone else in the courtroom. :shrug:

 

[rallyimprezive]

http://www.musicunited.org/2_thelaw.html

The law regarding copying digital media. No BS.

 

[jrnyfan]

I rip all my legally bought cd's to my computer, somewhere north of 150 cd's. If you price that at a very conservative $15/CD then you have about $2,250 in cd's alone. I used to keep my cd's in my car back before mp3 players and mp3 discs on indash cd players were an affordable option for the average consumer. My car was broken into and the only thing stolen was my CD case. My Auto Insurance with one of the big 3 Ins. Co's specifically does NOT cover cd's, its written as an exclusion into the policy...so hell yes I downloaded every single one of my cd's again and hell yes I rip every single cd I buy from some overpriced vendor. The RIAA can kiss my ass

 

[Guest]

I rip all my legally bought cd's to my computer, somewhere north of 150 cd's. If you price that at a very conservative $15/CD then you have about $2,250 in cd's alone. I used to keep my cd's in my car back before mp3 players and mp3 discs on indash cd players were an affordable option for the average consumer. My car was broken into and the only thing stolen was my CD case. My Auto Insurance with one of the big 3 Ins. Co's specifically does NOT cover cd's, its written as an exclusion into the policy...so hell yes I downloaded every single one of my cd's again and hell yes I rip every single cd I buy from some overpriced vendor. The RIAA can kiss my ass

FYI if the car was parked at your house when it was broken into, house insurance covers those CDs

 

[Can Not]

why people even use p2p....? lame

Well, you don't have to rename all the file names manually for every CD if you just torrent it after you buy it instead of ripping.

 

[spongebob]

Well, you don't have to rename all the file names manually for every CD if you just torrent it after you buy it instead of ripping.

Or you could use ripping software that connects to a CDDB database and does the naming for you.

 

[firetatoo]

the riaa cares nothing for musicians rights.
it for lawyers and by lawyers.
they can all eat rotten fish for breakfast.
after i pee on them.

 

[truehighroller]

Since when did this become illegal. I think this is ridiculous, I am going to right the president about this lol.

 

[grieve]

Since when did this become illegal. I think this is ridiculous, I am going to right the president about this lol.

DONT do that... he will declare war on your ass.

 

[Can Not]

Or you could use ripping software that connects to a CDDB database and does the naming for you.

Yeah, I guess I could wait a month until the database is updated...

 

[FrozenGpu]

yeah but they are talking about burning it for personal use, nothing illegal in that, if i own bought Mp3's online or even a cd I can burn it if I want too...

 

[Falken699]

Hey guys, just had WMP delete a bunch of unauthorised MP3's that I had ripped from CDs years ago, really nice eh?? Time to move to Linux soon...

 

[Can Not]

How does it know if they are authorized or not?