"[T]he [recording] industry maintains that it is illegal for someone who has legally purchased a CD to transfer that music into his computer.
"The industry's lawyer in the case, Ira Schwartz, argues in a brief filed earlier this month that the MP3 files [Jeffrey] Howell [of Scottsdale, Ariz.] made on his computer from legally bought CDs are 'unauthorized copies' of copyrighted recordings."
Hat tip: Jacob Hornberger
Cross-posted at Liberty & Power.
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
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I hope the courts buy the RIAA's argument. Then there will be yet another way for me to flip the bird to the "law."
Maybe it will set off the revolution.
Written without a touch of irony, I'm sure!
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