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RIAA: Ripping Your Own CDs Illegal

The RIAA has lodged documents in the ongoing case of the Record Industry vs Jeffrey Howell that argues that ripping music from legally purchased CD’s is illegal.

If the Judge rules that the RIAA is right, any person in United States who has ever ripped a legally purchased CD will become a copyright thief and a potential target of the RIAA, and that means just about every iPod owner in the country.

Yeah, you read that right: you can’t back up music you already own. You can’t even transfer music from your CDs to your MP3 player. The RIAA has officially gone insane.