Now, in an unusual case in which an Arizona recipient of an RIAA letter has fought back in court rather than write a check to avoid hefty legal fees, the industry is taking its argument against music sharing one step further: In legal documents in its federal case against Jeffrey Howell, a Scottsdale, Ariz., man who kept a collection of about 2,000 music recordings on his personal computer, the industry maintains that it is illegal for someone who has legally purchased a CD to transfer that music into his computer.It's like somebody in the RIAA has got it in their mind to alienate everyone who has ever bought music.
Good luck prosecuting us all.
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PolicyBeta, the blog for the Center for Democracy and Technology, is calling this a "red herring": http://blog.cdt.org/2008/01/03/new-legal-challenge-to-cd-ripping-one-for-the-red-herring-file/
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Poo. Here's the link again:
PolicyBeta
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