Shifting From P2P To Stream Ripping

An anonymous reader submits "As users continue to try fending off the ever more litigious music industry, some seem to have dropped P2P entirely, moving to ripping instead. While they lose some control over what they are downloading, it's a untraceable way to download music (no way for the RIAA to track users or sue). With some of the more powerful software that's been coming out recently, stream ripping has become more main-stream. Some of the more well known software packages, like StationRipper, allow users to download several thousand songs on a daily basis. And, depending on how you read the law, it's 100% legal. How will the RIAA respond? As more users move to this type of technology to avoid the P2P lawsuits, how will the music industry respond?"

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What I dont want to hear in my stream rips..

[SCSi]

.......(buffering)......(buffering).......

GOD damnit!

[zbuffered]

Every time I find a new way to get music, you /. pussies have to pick up on it and show the unwashed masses how to do it! Now radio stations can't handle the traffic. Now the RIAA's on the scent. Now I can't stream rip. Damn you for showing everyone the idea!
[puff puff]
I'm sorry for yelling. But you guys may have just ruined this by giving it this new audience.

Re:Good idea but...

[HermanAB]

Yup, never underestimate the bandwidth of a minivan full of CDROMs...

Not for $16

[Anonymous Coward]

No CD is worth that much money.

I buy from BMG Music Club, which has monthly sales, and if you buy during those sales, you get CD's for just under $7 each.

That's a decent deal, and I find I'm willing to buy 6-10 at a time for those prices.

But for $16, Brittany better give me a BJ and agree to not talk when I'm around.

The funniest thing I've read in a long time

[Infonaut]

"depending on how you read the law, it's 100% legal"

Umm... ok. That's exactly the iron-clad legal guarantee I was looking for!