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    its the fact that ripping CDs is illegal, so its in fact anyone with an MP3 player that has anything but legal downloads on it

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2ndclasscitizen
    its the fact that ripping CDs is illegal, so its in fact anyone with an MP3 player that has anything but legal downloads on it
    But you said ripping to a computer. If someone is uploading songs ot an iPod from their own purchased, CDs, there's nothing illegal.
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    ripping a CD to your comp/player is illegal
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    i Have iTunes in Australia, and because I can't access the download part, I can't download music legally (It needs a US mailing address I believe, anyone want to oblige? )

    Because Apple have taken an unprecedented step and tried to negotiate with EVERY record company from every country they want to allow users of the iPod and iTunes software to download music, they have to enter into seperate contracts etc.

    Because some are holding out, some countries don't have iTunes.

    As a technical rule, Ripping CD>MP3/Comp is not illegal (Although Windows Media Player 9 or later won't let you rip copy controlled CD's). It's the sharing that they worry about. If the Record company spots you sharing this music (Because you have already bought a hard copy and share it with others) then your in trouble
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lagonda
    Edgar Bronfman Jr. is known to be THE number one nutjob in the industry. They also want a piece of the iPod sales revenue. How retarded is that ? How can a company seriously claim such a thing without being laughed at ?
    Not a lot different to the concept that blank tapes carried a portion of revenue to the music industry in the 70s !!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine
    Not a lot different to the concept that blank tapes carried a portion of revenue to the music industry in the 70s !!!!
    Isn't that still true, now they get a portion of blank CD revenue?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine
    Not a lot different to the concept that blank tapes carried a portion of revenue to the music industry in the 70s !!!!
    Yeah well the point is, they can't claim a portion, legally. If the blank tape/ipod/cd makers agree to pay up to the record companies then it's their problem. But, record companies can't legally claim that they HAVE to have a portion of the iPod sales. And Bronfman Jr. claims they should, hence why he is the industry's number one moron.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2ndclasscitizen
    There's plenty of stuff on this at afterdawn.com. I read an interesting article the other day. Turns out, as ripping a CD to your comp/player is illegal, and as there still isn't an iTunes in many countries, every person who owns an iPod in a country without an iTunes store is using their iPod illegally, and it would be very easy for them all to be sued
    Ripping your own CDs is very well legal in most countries. It's like making a copy of a CD you own for yourself, which is legal as well. It's caleld "fair use rights".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lagonda
    Yeah well the point is, they can't claim a portion, legally. If the blank tape/ipod/cd makers agree to pay up to the record companies then it's their problem. But, record companies can't legally claim that they HAVE to have a portion of the iPod sales. And Bronfman Jr. claims they should, hence why he is the industry's number one moron.
    I understood that he ais trying to get it changed so that they can.
    Clearly they can't do it without aggreement as that would be theft !!!

    What he is giong through is EXACTLY what the industry did over cassette tapes. Argued back and forth about the need to pretect "music industry" and the compromised on a reduced fee.

    THAT is the "point"
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