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yano

May 18 2006, 04:12 PM

http://techdirt.com/articles/20060518/0251200.shtml

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Would You Believe The RIAA Would Go Back On Its Word?

Following the news of the RIAA suing XM for daring to come up with a device that lets people record their satellite radio offerings, it seems worth reminding the RIAA how they swore up, down, left and right that they would never, ever file such a lawsuit....

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I just got one thing to say:

Klinkaroo

May 18 2006, 09:01 PM

Weird how the world works some times.

dc3

May 19 2006, 01:34 AM

Said the scorpion to the frog, "I guess it's just my nature".

HitSquad

May 19 2006, 07:48 AM

The more things change, the more they stay the same.
The only ones making any money in all this are the lawyers.

BlackSpyder

May 19 2006, 04:37 PM

where was the RIAA when tape recorders were invented???
bet they would have had a field day.

Are they going to attack DVRs next?

rms4evr

May 19 2006, 07:28 PM

QUOTE(BlackSpyder @ May 19 2006, 05:37 PM)

where was the RIAA when tape recorders were invented???
bet they would have had a field day.

Are they going to attack DVRs next?

Don't forget those of us who record off of Shoutcast streams....

Ooh, I guess that makes me a "criminal" too.

yano

May 19 2006, 09:34 PM

Oh and don't forget me, who buy a CD and then copy it to my hard drive!

What ever happen to fair use? tsk...tsk...

Sad to see where the greedy RIAA is going...

ddeerrff

May 19 2006, 10:41 PM

Somewhere..... I have a couple of 7" reels of tape full of music I recorded off of an FM radio station. Better fidelity than most MP3's (MP3 being a lossing compression method).

I do believe the courts have always held that recording music off the radio for personal use fell under the 'Fair Use' umbrella.

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