Re: [Apple iPod] Music industry going to finish the iPod?

I believe the case in question is Atlantic vs Howell where the defendants argued that they put the songs from their own CDs on their own computer for themselves to share between husband and wife and for transferring to portable music devices under the fair usage agreement.

The problem was he put the mp3 files in a Kazaa folder which enabled them to be shared by the public. So in other words they made them available for public use.

The judge sided with the RIAA and ordered the defendants to pay $40,500 in statutory damages and $350 in court costs.

This was the 7th time the RIAA used this "making available" argument in a lawsuit and they are have won them all.

The article I summarized is available here
http://tinyurl.com/2oag5t

Carl

----- Original Message ----
From: "baar_bear@cox.net" <baar_bear@cox.net>
To: AppleiPod@yahoogroups.com
Cc: kb <kb@pagefreepublishing.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 2:30:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Apple iPod] Music industry going to finish the iPod?

---- kb <kb@pagefreepublishing.com> wrote:
> I read an interesting story yesterday about the Music Industry
organization
> filing suit against a man who had ripped his own purchased CDs and
was
> storing them on his computer. I don't care for iTunes music purchase
since
> you are limited to a single device for listening, prefer the
functionality
> of a CD. What will such a ruling against this man, if successful, do
to the
> entire MP3 and iPod industry?
>
>
Where is the article? I wouldn't mind seeing it myself.
About ripping things (both songs and movies) my attitude this
this...they were bought by me legitimately from legitimate sources. If all
I want to do is take my movies and music with me when I'm on the road
(or in on a plane flight for that matter) then why shouldn't I be
permitted to do that?

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