If you buy and copy you're a thief

[lurkerwithout]

From a Washington Post article linked by fortysevenbteg:

“In legal documents in its federal case against Jeffrey Howell, a Scottsdale, Ariz., man who kept a collection of about 2,000 music recordings on his personal computer, the industry maintains that it is illegal for someone who has legally purchased a CD to transfer that music into his computer.”

Comments

Oh jesus

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

The RIAA is going to screw themselves so royally.

They will piss off mp3 manufacturers all around.

[the-outlaw.livejournal.com]

The only way they're going to win that case is if they spend him into the ground (which they might).

[furikku.livejournal.com]

Wow, my dad is the biggest criminal EVER, then.

As are many of my friends.

And me.

OH WELL.

[lost-angelwings.livejournal.com]

you ARE tho

You're worse than the Joker and Luthor and The Anti-Monitor combined! xD