Friday, February 17, 2006
RIAA says CD-ripping isn't fair use
Though people have some funny ideas about copyright, they're justified in assuming that if they own a CD, it's fair use for them to rip it to their own computer or iPod, right? Well, not according to the RIAA. Despite the fact that a year or so ago the RIAA's Don Verrilli told the Supreme Court that the RIAA considers this sort of space-shifting "perfectly legal," they've submitted a filing as part of ongoing DMCA rule-making proceedings that says, among other things, that what they said before is bunk and that they don't consider making for your own use a copy of your own music fair use. Ugh.
[via Download Squad]
