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RIAA Now Filing Suits Against Consumers Who Rip CDs

Posted by Zonk on from the because-we-needed-another-reason-to-be-cranky-at-them dept.

mrneutron2003 writes "With this past week's announcement by Warner to release its entire catalog to Amazon in MP3 format with no Digital Rights Management, you would think that the organization that represents them, The RIAA, would begin changing its tune. Instead, they are pressing on in their campaign against consumers by suing individuals who merely rip CDs they've purchased legally. 'The industry's lawyer in the case, Ira Schwartz, argues in a brief filed earlier this month that the MP3 files Howell made on his computer from legally bought CDs are "unauthorized copies" of copyrighted recordings.'"

2 of 403 comments (clear)

  1. When this is going to stop? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Greed, greed, nothing but greed. Hello USA: how long will you tolerate this?

  2. And I thought they couldn't get anymore insane by Killjoy_NL · · Score: 0, Troll

    What's next, deathsquads for humming unlicensed tunes?

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