the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

[MrMagoo]

Originally Posted by VAXman

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!

Agreed, law & technology are separate, to some extent. However, given that I have been legally granted the right to copy music I've purchased for my own use, how come I can not buy from Apple without iTunes, copy to a non-iPod player, or copy to a CD without 'authorizing' my computer, unless I use some DRM circumvention? Or copy a DVD onto my computer without cracking it? etc...

These are all technological constraints upon my legal rights foisted on me by the RIAA/MPAA.