RIAA Claims that Copying Music to MP3 Players Unlawful
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RIAA claims copying CDs to iPods is unlawful
Can I laugh? So do I buy 2 CDs if I wanna listen to it at home and another for copying into my iPod? What about in the car? If there are 4 people in the car must we have 4 CDs? RIAA never fails to make me laugh.
By Emru Townsend
US record-label body the RIAA and movie-industry moguls at the MPAA are attempting to argue that copying a CD to a computer for carrying on an iPod does not, and has never, constituted fair use.
A report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation says 14 organisations, including the two mentioned, have submitted a filing as part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's regular review process of exemptions to provisions against tampering with technological protection measures.
This means that, in essence, all rights to copy anything are held by the copyright owner. Those rights can be sold or assigned, which is why a record label can reproduce and distribute a given musician's songs. Since copyright holders haven't granted specific permission to make a copy of a song, you aren't allowed to, by the letter of the law.
Within American law, "fair use" is an exception that, among other things, allows people to make copies within certain circumstances and constraints. So making a copy of a CD for your own personal use is within the scope of fair use. That's the way copyright law has worked for quite some time.
But these new claims show that the right to tote your CD's contents around on your MP3 player were never expressly given, and that, for some reason, fair use doesn't apply. The implication is that all this time, they've been graciously allowing us to make tapes and MP3s from CDs bought for personal use.
The RIAA also claims that digital rights management has only increased legitimate access to copyright works.
The amazing thing is, they are unknowingly gaining business for Apple iTunes Store. Nobody will buy CDs anymore
Good thing I live in Singapore
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Fucking idiots.
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Same charater as my schoolmate.
He is Autistic. . I have to post in buses.sgforums to apologise on his behalf. This RIAA always never fail to get me pissed off, same goes for user Donavan, my schoolmate. -
the decisions made by RIAA is bound to spill over to RIAS. russia rox!Originally posted by chanff8:Can I laugh? So do I buy 2 CDs if I wanna listen to it at home and another for copying into my iPod? What about in the car? If there are 4 people in the car must we have 4 CDs? RIAA never fails to make me laugh.
The amazing thing is, they are unknowingly gaining business for Apple iTunes Store. Nobody will buy CDs anymore
Good thing I live in Singapore -
Well, lets hope RIAS is more reasonableOriginally posted by Ito_^:the decisions made by RIAA is bound to spill over to RIAS. russia rox! -
actually no.. even if u buy 10 cds, u cannot copy into mp3 players since it says its the "act" of copying and not how many copies u have. u can throw away ur mp3 player le. or record ur own voice n store.Originally posted by chanff8:So do I buy 2 CDs if I wanna listen to it at home and another for copying into my iPod? -
Thats means all MP3 users cannot use them to listen to music. All must return to the era of the Discman.Originally posted by Ito_^:actually no.. even if u buy 10 cds, u cannot copy into mp3 players since it says its the "act" of copying and not how many copies u have. u can away ur mp3 player le. or record ur own voice n store. . All MP3 player maufacturing companies CAN close down already. Illegal to use, then who would want to buy and get caught and jailed or fined later? Singapore Goverment better make the right decision. -
This is really dumb man.
As long as it is for personal use, what is wrong? And it have been written on CDs that distributing is unlawful. It is not unlawful if it is for personal use. -
aiya they trying their luck la.. riaa/mpaa won't win one.Originally posted by archangel1:Thats means all MP3 users cannot use them to listen to music. All must return to the era of the Discman. . All MP3 player maufacturing companies CAN close down already. Illegal to use, then who would want to buy and get caught and jailed or fined later? Singapore Goverment better make the right decision. -
Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:This is really dumb man.
As long as it is for personal use, what is wrong? And it have been written on CDs that distributing is unlawful. It is not unlawful if it is for personal use.
It's dumb, no doubt.
But the copyright law is very clear, though. The act of duplicating is an infringement. Hence, duplicating the song onto your iPod is an infringement. -
everything oso cannot lah
wats the use of all the music player makers coming out with 20gb, 50gb mp3-players? -
hai..lik tis oso cannot...den might as well, ban e sales of mp3 player..cos 4 sure, mp3 music came from CD or downloading 1 mah!
oso..ban mp3 hp as well hor! -
Everything you do or are currently doing may be wrong.
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You tell this to mp3 sellers and see their reactions. You force all of them out of business. They won't agree. Only Apple will say Yes because they got their own store.Originally posted by progene:hai..lik tis oso cannot...den might as well, ban e sales of mp3 player..cos 4 sure, mp3 music came from CD or downloading 1 mah!
oso..ban mp3 hp as well hor! -
u really think apple is making money from itunes?Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:You tell this to mp3 sellers and see their reactions. You force all of them out of business. They won't agree. Only Apple will say Yes because they got their own store. -
Who cares? What Apple cares is if most of their competitors are out business, that's the best.Originally posted by Ito_^:u really think apple is making money from itunes? -
no lor.. they themselves will go out of business oso. i'm saying is itunes isn't enough to support ipod.Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:Who cares? What Apple cares is if most of their competitors are out business, that's the best.
most profitable will be microsoft, they will go on a shopping spree buying up companies. -
Haha, I don't mind that.Originally posted by Ito_^:no lor.. they themselves will go out of business oso. i'm saying is itunes isn't enough to support ipod.
most profitable will be microsoft, they will go on a shopping spree buying up companies. -
Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:Haha, I don't mind that.
mai suey cui.. i love my ipod de. -
Guess who gets a share everytime Apple sells an Ipod?Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:Who cares? What Apple cares is if most of their competitors are out business, that's the best.
The courts in America better define the law clearly and carefully.RIAA must NOT be allowed to send one whole industry to their doom.
If there is any shred of common sense and sovereignty left here, we should reject this hisitronic law outright.This is not about illegal fileswapping, this is infringement on the opinion that a song can only exist in one version under one name at any location.Utter bullshit.
This goes against the grain of society and I say to hell with RIAA's latest bungle. -
Which means next time you play a song for a funfair, you have to make sure everyone is wearing earmuffs except the owner of the CD. Is that cool or what?
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err.. sorry hor.. but i dun think broadcasting has much to do with the article above..?Originally posted by chanff8:Which means next time you play a song for a funfair, you have to make sure everyone is wearing earmuffs except the owner of the CD. Is that cool or what? -
well, distributing is illegalOriginally posted by Ito_^:err.. sorry hor.. but i dun think broadcasting has much to do with the article above..? -
bloody hell, all they want is to suckk money from us.
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The only way to boycott them is to just listen to radio.