bad idea fighting the riaa...just ask the indian.

Hey, BV, this is the court case at the center of the report (which you dutifully posted) that the RIAA claimed that ripping CDs to your computer is illegal. This newspaper article refutes that report.

Kudos to you, BV, for explicitly correcting that earlier report rather than having your readers stumble across the true facts by clicking on the link above.

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RIAA says on their own website ( http://www.riaa.com/physicalpiracy.php?content_selector=piracy_online_the_law ), "Copying CDs... transferring a copy onto your computer hard drive or your portable music player, won’t usually raise concerns so long as:

* The copy is made from an authorized original CD that you legitimately own
* The copy is just for your personal use. "

RIAA themselves say you can do it, and they're now going after people who do this? Any judge who reads this should throw out any such personal use cases since the RIAA themselves are essentially giving legal advice and stating is it ok to do so.

Jason, you dumbass, the RIAA is going after this Howell dude for putting the mp3s he ripped into his Kazaa (or whatever) shared folder — meaning they were then no longer "just for [his] personal use." Can't you read?