Society at Large

[vanaabegra]

So, today SCOTUS said "No" to hearing the appeal of a German citizen who was kidnapped by the CIA in Morocco and sent to Afghanistan where he was confined and allegedly tortured. After the CIA figured out he was not a terrorist, he was dropped off in the woods in Albania. Next stop for him is likely the World Court. That is pretty fucked up. So

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And another thing...!

[mle292]

users who buy songs are entitled to one, and only one copy. Burning CDs is just another name for stealing, in her mind. "When an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song." Making "a copy" of a purchased song is just "a nice way of saying 'steals just one copy

This is in conflict with already established laws regarding "fair use", of course. I wonder if the person(s) who stole the mix CDs of car music are now in violation of copyright law just for possessing them.

if my CD is scratched, I have to buy another copy

Or, if you bought it on cassette or vinyl, you need to pay the license fee again to have it in a different format. Sort of like in the old days when you bought a vinyl album and then bought another cassette copy for your car... no, wait, maybe that's not how it happened.

CD sales are UP. CD sales from major media conglomerates are down. CD sales for independent labels and bands are WAY up, CD sales for mass market shit are down. Boo-hoo.

[qe_pa]

As a computer geek, I'm a huge fan of BACK UP YOUR DATA.

This whole RIAA thing has been going on for decades. When cassette tapes came out, they whined about how people would use them to (gasp!) record music! So they convinced the manufacturers of cassette tapes to give them a kickback whenever they sold a blank tape, whether or not you would back up your music on it.

And the DJs of all the radio stations began never introducing songs, just playing them, and talking over the intros in order to discourage taping from the radio.

I remember being a kid, with my fingers poised over the play/record button waiting for my favorite tunes to come on.

[hellziggy]

If burning a CD copy or making a mix disc for someone or giving someone an mp3 of a band you thnk they may like hurts music sales rather than helping them I've apparently done something wrong.
Can I get the RIAA to give me back all the money I've spent as a result of music I've been given? Adding up the CDs & concert tickets I've bought because of music I first got free, I figure that I've spent at least $1000 that I shouldn't have because no one who has gotten free music would ever spend money on music...

[karzender]

Copying your own music for your own use: Not illegal.

Downloading music from renegade online sources: Illegal.

Distributing said downloaded music: Really illegal.

Or should your books and DVDs should be free, too?