Even if you’re not-so-much with the illegal downloading these days, you may still be considered a cold-blooded criminal in the eyes of the RIAA.
The organization recently went on record as saying that the act of ripping CDs to an iPod device is unlawful under the terms of its copyright agreements.
Here’s what the RIAA has to say about backing up CDs, taken from this article in Slashdot:
“Even if CDs do become damaged, replacements are readily available at affordable prices. Similar to the motion picture industry, the recording industry has faced, in online piracy, a direct attack on its ability to enjoy its copyrights.”
Affordable prices. Like the Kathie Lee Christmas album for the low, low price of $29 dollars. Rock.
Get more of the story in this Electronic Frontier Foundation article and then read about an Olympic snowboarder who could unintentionally become the iPod’s next big product placement plug.
