{"id":9112,"date":"2006-02-16T06:25:51","date_gmt":"2006-02-16T13:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/02\/16\/tune-deaf.html"},"modified":"2006-02-16T06:25:51","modified_gmt":"2006-02-16T13:25:51","slug":"tune_deaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/02\/16\/tune_deaf.html","title":{"rendered":"Tune deaf"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do these people ever actually listen to themselves, to hear what they sound like? The RIAA has declared that copying music from a CD you own to an MP3 player you own is not necessarily covered by “fair use,”<\/a> previous statements by media industry lawyers notwithstanding.<\/p>\n

Nor does the fact that permission to make a copy in particular circumstances is often or even routinely granted, necessarily establish that the copying is a fair use when the copyright owner withholds that authorization. In this regard, the statement attributed to counsel for copyright owners in the MGM v. Grokster <\/em>case is simply a statement about authorization, not about fair use.<\/div>\n

The referenced statement, by an industry lawyer before the Supreme Court, intended to show how the music industry was kind and gentle and loved bunnies and consumers, said:<\/p>\n

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.<\/div>\n

Except, of course, what he really <\/em>meant to say (according to the RIAA’s current stance) that they are simply, out of the goodness of their hearts, authorizing you, permitting you, allowing you, to do this. If they decide not <\/em>to, if they “withhold that authorization<\/em>,” then, well, damn, you’re stuck with being an illegal schmuck pirate if you decide to copy your<\/s> their music onto your iPod, and ought to be subject to the full force of the DMCA and the courts.<\/p>\n

Idiots. I don’t see any “licensing agreement” or “conditions of use” or similar lawyerly claptrap on any of the CDs in my collection (not that I don’t doubt someone’s considering slipping them in). As far as I’m concerned, it’s mine<\/em>, baby, and the only thing I have to do to respect your copy<\/em>right is not give away or sell copies<\/em> of it. Which is quite reasonable.<\/p>\n

But if I make copies for myself<\/em>, that is my <\/em>business, not yours.<\/p>\n

(via BoingBoing<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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