Will Big Media Terrorize Consumers?
January 3rd, 2008 by Maddog
http://www.infoweapons.com/blog/?p=103
Legendary "cranky geek" John C. Dvorak has called attention to a very
disturbing development: the latest attack on personal freedoms by the
Recording Indsutry Assocation of America (RIAA). Dvorak, in "RIAA Goes
After 'Personal Use' Doctrine", writes:
We've all read about the Recording Industry Association of
America (RIAA), its recently acquired taste for blood, and
its quest to sue every student and grandma in the country
for downloading MP3s. After a few years of constant
subpoenas and news coverage, it finally seemed as if this
effort was petering out. But now the RIAA has a new angle:
Sue people who rip tracks from purchased CDs onto their
computers. The implications are far-reaching and dangerous.
Suing customers for ripping CDs is an attack against fair
use that, if successful, would reverse legal precedents and
give some momentum to the slow effort to eliminate all
consumer recording devices. This would include VCRs, CD
burners, DVD burners, DVRs, and even copying machines.
Read the entire post at:
http://www.infoweapons.com/blog/?p=103
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