[darkpuppet]

Canadian ST,Jun 3 2008, 09:00 PM Wrote:So you can't download music...boo hoo.
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If only it were that simple...

the law opens the doors to make copying any protected CD, even for the sake of ripping it to your computer for personal use against the law.

Some people, like myself, actually buy all their CDs, and then rip them so they're not tethered to a single machine (or 3 or 4 like iTunes)... I don't share my music, I don't distribute it, and I don't use it for profit. But I like being able to copy my music to my Sony MP3 player, my Playstation 3, and stream across my network to my stereo, and create MP3 Cds to play in my car. All things not possible with current DRM schemes.

And this law would make what I do technically illegal...

so why should it be illegal for me to buy CDs and then rip them to whatever format I want to use on the devices I own?