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In essence they want to ban digital music recorders becuase they are afraid that people will "assembling a "personal music library" of their own".

The Problem is that they already brought this up in 1992 and got legislation passed that specifically "No action may be brought under this title alleging infringement of copyright based on the manufacture, importation, or distribution of a digital audio recording device, a digital audio recording medium, an analog recording device, or an analog recording medium, or based on the noncommercial use by a consumer of such a device or medium for making digital musical recordings or analog musical recordings." in exchange for a royalty . So in essence they want to revoke this.

FYI! DIgital recorders already have to have copy control built into them...

"? 1002. Incorporation of copying controls

(a) Prohibition on Importation, Manufacture, and Distribution. - No person shall import, manufacture, or distribute any digital audio recording device or digital audio interface device that does not conform to -

(1) the Serial Copy Management System;

(2) a system that has the same functional characteristics as the Serial Copy Management System and requires that copyright and generation status information be accurately sent, received, and acted upon between devices using the system's method of serial copying regulation and devices using the Serial Copy Management System; or

(3) any other system certified by the Secretary of Commerce as prohibiting unauthorized serial copying."

http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap10.html#subchapterd

What the RIAA wants to ban is any copying at all.
Posted by: Edward Meyers   Posted on: 03/02/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Is it because they think not better than ? (listen & watch what you listen)  Vily Clay | 03/02/06
Nah  5th Limb in the Kisser | 03/02/06
"There's some good in this world and it's worth fighting for" ...  Vily Clay | 03/02/06
Intelligent people know that it is recording equipment that prevents copy  FirstNLastN | 03/02/06
STUPID AND UNNECESSARY  opensourcepro | 03/02/06
RIAA hat in hand  jsjag1 | 03/02/06
AMEN!  dhmidhi | 03/03/06
Just do it.  Anthony S. | 03/02/06
Not Even Fair Use Here  Edward Meyers | 03/02/06
Record Industry  jsjag1 | 03/02/06
Worse, worse, worse... Violating the fair use of rights...  Grayson Peddie | 03/02/06
Remember: Vote Republican  gordon@... | 03/02/06
The U.S. needs more laws ?  NotRichandFamous | 03/03/06
The Patriot act killed all civil liberties, but it wasn?t enough for them.  Vily Clay | 03/03/06
Can you bring yourself to propose  Update victim | 03/03/06
It looks like you are a novice here and never read my posts before.  Vily Clay | 03/03/06
Yes, but they must be written by representatives who  Update victim | 03/03/06
they need to outlaw all recording devices  dhmidhi | 03/03/06
ROYALTY FEES  RKRSULIC | 03/13/06

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