Mark Lanctot;160516 Wrote: > > This isn't so far fetched at all. They're itching to get the Fair Use > debate in the courts. Once it's declared illegal, they can charge for > every copy you require, whether it's a physical CD or digital file. >
Something like this happened with taping radio. Eventually congress passed a law which explicitly legalized it, ending the recording industry's efforts to prosecute people for it. Imagine the uproar if they tried to make CD rips illegal and/or subject to some fee - people would scream far louder than they did in any debate over tapes from radio. I can't imagine politicians sitting still in that case, no matter how much money the RIAA threw at them (but then again I'm an optimist by nature). -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30325 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
