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MP3 device makers win at the court

Posted by Hemos on from the winning-the-day dept.

Beke sent us the latest update from the MP3 universe. A US Federal Judge has ruled that Diamond's Rio does not fall under the "digital recording device" definition, as defined by the Audio Home Recording Act. This means that the Rio does not have implement a code system to prevent serial re-recording. So, the act does apply to tapes and CDs - but not to hard drives, says Diamond's attorney.

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  1. Pinch me I must be dreaming! by Fish+Man · · Score: 3

    What a great day for consumer freedom!

    First the death of DIVX, now the liberation of personal MP3 players!

    Next article: "Microsoft abandons attempt to produce final version of Windows 2000, It's just to bloated and badly written to adequately debug, recomends Windows users switch to Linux."

    (Sorry, all this good news just got me carried away!)