12-30-2007, 05:05 PM
This is interesting in light of the record companies own lawyers arguments in the Supreme Court saying that loading a purchased CD onto an iPod or computer is perfectly legal.
Start reading on page 11, line 18.
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/oral_argum...04-480.pdf
"and let me pick out the iPod as one, because it's the most current example, I guess. From the moment that device was introduced, it was obvious that there were very significant lawful commercial uses for it. And let me clarify something I think is unclear from the amicus briefs. The record companies, my clients, have said, for some time now, and it's been on their Website for some time now, that it's perfectly lawful to take a CD that you've purchased, upload it onto your computer, put it onto your iPod. There is a very, very significant lawful commercial use for that device, going forward."
Of course next they'll argue that the act of inserting a purchased CD into a CD player and converting the bits into audio so that you can listen to it is illegal.
Start reading on page 11, line 18.
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/oral_argum...04-480.pdf
"and let me pick out the iPod as one, because it's the most current example, I guess. From the moment that device was introduced, it was obvious that there were very significant lawful commercial uses for it. And let me clarify something I think is unclear from the amicus briefs. The record companies, my clients, have said, for some time now, and it's been on their Website for some time now, that it's perfectly lawful to take a CD that you've purchased, upload it onto your computer, put it onto your iPod. There is a very, very significant lawful commercial use for that device, going forward."
Of course next they'll argue that the act of inserting a purchased CD into a CD player and converting the bits into audio so that you can listen to it is illegal.