[bomp] Fair use

[linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

> Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2008 21:47:03 -0500
> From: Blair Buscareno <blairb@mac.com>
> Subject: [bomp] You've gotta be friggin' KIDDING me!
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/28/AR2007122800693.html?hpid=topnews
>
> According to the RIAA, ripping an MP3 of a CD you own is *also*
> illegal.  Whatever happened to "fair use" - the tenet that you were
allowed one copy for personal use?

Fair use has always been a very murky area of the copyright law.  I'm not
surprised by the RIAA using it as another means to try to wring money out
of people.

What I wanna know is, how did the RIAA find out about this guy if he
wasn't sharing files...?

-Linda

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