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Originally Posted by MrMagoo

It may have been covered, but the studios are continually trying to undo it. To whit, all the DRM (digital 'rights' management, right!) crap they're foisting on us. Limited number of copies, limited zones, limited types of media, limited time, software that rootkits your PC, software that disables your CD drive or crashes your system, software so stupid that holding down Shift during boot disables it, DRM that locks your music unless you use M$ or unless you have an iPod, etc ad nauseum. Not to mention suing 6 or 80 year olds that don't even own computers, suing researchers & security analysts who *might* infringe, winning awards of $9K/song, and ignoring sales increases due to file sharing...

First, don't confuse the legal right to do so with the technological know-how to thwart it. I am also not a fan of all of the provisions of the DMCA!

I'm not defending the RIAA in the 6 and 80 year olds being sued cases; however, these cases go beyond the 'fair use' doctrine of copying for self use consumption.

Originally Posted by MrMagoo

Fortunately the ground swell is moving against them, and their whole antiquated 'business model' may come tumbling down, despite their massive politician buy-offs.

Let's hope so. The RIAA, like the US governments, exists for its own benefit and not for those it purports to benefit.