Quote Originally Posted by noddin0ff
So there's a fine distinction here. It is completely legal to make a copy for yourself. That's fair use. Technically if you lose/sell the original you should destroy the copy.
Ahh but you see that's not necessarily legal anymore. They're restricting your right to make copies (or rip to MP3s). I have the original CDs and the only place they are used is in my home on a deck. MP3s are ripped to the computer and copies make their way to the car because the wild temperature swings and possibility of theft keep me from keeping original CDs in the car.

However now having all those copies for my use, and my use alone is becoming outlawed. Even making one copy is becoming questionable.

The RIAA is targeting the wrong thing as they're trying to fix the situation they built for themselves. I agree with the comment about movies, as they sit there and wait they drop in price and get to $10. I'll scoop up good DVDs for $10, I've got 4 suberbit movies I got for a total of $40 all together because Best Buy sells them at $10 a piece.

And I find it highly questionable that the RIAA and the companies it represents have lost even a tenth of the figures they claim to have lost. The other record companies not part of the RIAA aren't complaining in any fashion similar to the RIAA and that says something. The RIAA can continue to do so simply because of their size and position in the public eye.