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Disney Blames Apple For Music Piracy

Posted by pudge on from the ripping-is-only-for-pirates dept.

Vishniac writes "It looks like Disney CEO Michael Eisner is accusing Apple in part for fostering music piracy, particularly with its 'Rip, Mix, Burn' campaign. Testifying before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, Eisner said that the ad suggests to people that 'they can create theft if they buy this computer.' Apple? iMac? Impossible."

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  1. *RIP*, Mix , Burn by Dutchmaan · · Score: 4, Redundant

    If it was download mix burn they might actually have a point...

  2. Ripping is not piracy. Eisner is an idiot. by NanoGator · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Its when you distribute music to people freely that it becomes piracy. Apple makes no hint of transmitting your music to others, instead it provides features that make music more worthwhile to buy. In other words, they're promoting purchase of CD's.

    Eisner should not be an advocate of the RIAA, he doesn't even know his terminology. As long as they want to use heavy handed approaches to 'stopping piracy', then they're just going to encourage it. Why? Because Eisner, for example, is turning into an enemy of freedom. As long as people hate him, then people feel justified in doing exactly the opposite of what he demands.

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  3. Old News - New Settings by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Wired had a similar story:

    Webb, a computer consultant from Dallas, was browsing his local CompUSA when he saw a young man walk toward him listening to an iPod. Webb recognized the iPod's distinctive ear buds.

    The teenager stopped at a nearby display Macintosh, pulled the iPod from his pocket and plugged it into the machine with a FireWire cable. Intrigued, Webb peeped over the kid's shoulder to see him copying Microsoft's new Office for OS X suite, which retails for $500.

    Read the full story at:
    http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,50688,00 .html

  4. Re:Well yeah it does by VivianC · · Score: 3, Redundant

    Rip. Mix. Burn. Seems very straight-forward to me.

    Rip: Copy from a CD (legal to copy under fair use)

    Mix: I think of mix tapes or CDs. (Also legal under fair use)

    Burn: Make a copy of your mix on CD. (Still legal!)

    So I don't see where the criminal act comes in. Maybe Download/Mix/Burn/Sell would cause trouble. Apple hasn't been afraid of using their crack legal teams in the past. I'll bet this cleared many levels of legal review before the first printing.

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    Viv

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