Originally Posted by
wens
And that one can go to the library, borrow a cd, and copy it. And that you could do this with tapes before digital media.
Well, that would still be illegal since you're not supposed to make copies of borrowed media.
Originally Posted by
wens
I'm actually not in favor of pirating music, but I am pretty pissed off at the lobbying the RIAA and whatever the video equivalent did about personal back up copies in the DMCA. And the judicial system. A judge ruled with a straight face that it's legal for copy protection to be put on bluetooth because the ability to make a VHS covers the personal backup portion of the law. That's absurd.
That sucks. Did the judge ever consider that some people might not own a VCR?