RIAA expands scope of inquisition
Thrax
🐌Austin, TX Icrontian
<p>Jeffrey Howell of Scottsdale, AZ is one of the newest inductees into the RIAA lawsuit hall of fame. While standing accused for making 54 tunes available on Kazaa, he <a href="http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/01/02/recording_industry_says_ripping_cds_to_computer_is_illegal/">stands accused</a> of a wrong not yet pursued by the RIAA:</p>
<blockquote>Once Defendant converted Plaintiffs' recording into the compressed .mp3 format and they are in his shared folder, they are no longer the authorized copies distributed by Plaintiffs</blockquote>
<p>Essentially: Once he ripped his tracks from CD, regardless of use, they became illegal. The RIAA's council goes on to state:</p>
<blockquote>If you make unauthorized copies of copyrighted music recordings ... you could be held legally liable for thousands of dollars in damages.</blockquote>
<p>In other news, anyone found kicking a football with an unauthorized cleat is subject to damages.</p>
<blockquote>Once Defendant converted Plaintiffs' recording into the compressed .mp3 format and they are in his shared folder, they are no longer the authorized copies distributed by Plaintiffs</blockquote>
<p>Essentially: Once he ripped his tracks from CD, regardless of use, they became illegal. The RIAA's council goes on to state:</p>
<blockquote>If you make unauthorized copies of copyrighted music recordings ... you could be held legally liable for thousands of dollars in damages.</blockquote>
<p>In other news, anyone found kicking a football with an unauthorized cleat is subject to damages.</p>
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Singing along with songs constitutes theft of copyrighted material.
These need to start getting thrown out of court enough to send a message to the RIAA. They are infringing upon our rights, not exercising their own.
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