RIAA says you can’t rip your own CDs to your iPod.
Chris has talked about how stupid the RIAA is in a previous post (One of my all time favorite posts).
I, too, hate the RIAA (The Recording Industry Association of America), and I find a small degree of justification for my music thievery every time they turn up in the news with some new stupid thing they’ve done or said. This week, it’s the argument that you, the music buyer, should not be able to rip your CDs (yes, the ones you’ve bought and paid for) to your computer and on to your iPods. I’m just gonna post the link to the article, and go put some more of my stolen music on to my iPod.
This is the beginning of the end of the record industry. I’ve been saying that since the rise of desktop publishing in the early 90s, bands no longer need the record industry. If a band is serious, they incorporate. They record their album. Hire a duplicating company (if to be distributed on CD). Hire a PR firm to get publicity. Hire a distributor to get your album to market (CD or downloadable). I don’t see how the record industry fits into this equation anymore. If you’re in a band and your goal is to “make it”, then writing, recording, and gigging is just one part of your job. You need to also “run your business” - without the rusty hooks of the record industry. We finally have a band in Arctic Monkey who proves this model works.
Surely it’s demise will not be missed. I hope the hell American Idol goes with it. Let the true musicians come to market….
…and if you say the record industry is needed to get your CD in stores like Tower, Sam Goody, etc. - well you just sparked an anti-trust legal battle.
Fucking morans
thats exactly how I feel. As soon as I read this shit, I go download things I may not have other wise.
big ass pile o shit