Now it's getting RIDICULOUS!!!!
 

Apparently copying your own music you bought with money onto your computer and NOT sharing it is "stealing"

Leave it up to those greedy blood sucking music industry execs to make up more excuese why no one wants to buy the cheaply made factory dance music they've been pooping out for the last 10 years.

So basically, any song that wasn't bought in the iTunes store that's stored on an iPod is stolen. Guess they better start rounding the culprits up. They're in for a long night.

...why do I have the sudden urge to throttle someone right after I read that stupid thing?

Guess i better turn myself in for the dozens of my own cds I ripped before they put a price on my head.

And this is how they intend to drive home the point that they expect us to purchase a CD version for home use, and purchase yet again an equally expensive itunes mp3 for portable use. They really think I'm going to buy a goddamn album twice? It's called "Fair Use" as defined under the constitution (for what that's worth nowadays), and it says that for private use, I can do whatever the flying fu*k I want with my purchased content.

Fu*k 'em right up their rectal tube. This is why I will never ever buy a song online. I love the way they daily come up with more and more ways to drive customers as far away as possible.

No where in there does it say congress passed a law. It's just some Lawyer for Sony being an idiot.

I will continue to buy CDs and rip them and listen to them on my Ipod. They can piss off, some bands I listen to aren't even on I-tunes.

My sentiments exactly.

Yeah, this is extremely stupid. If you bought the damn CD and want to transfer it to your iPod or your computer, you should be able to. I don't call that stealing at all. People can be so dumb nowadays. Unless Congress passes a law saying this, I wouldn't put stock in anything.

What do you expect from the same industry that whines and moans about songs being stolen and killing the artists' integrity, yet lets advertisers have groady old ladies belt out songs toothlessly, changing the lyrics to be about Denture adheasive.

F&&*** Sony! F&*&% them for this and not putting the rest of the Real Ghostbusters on DVD. Hopefully this lawyer also thinks that gremilins are stealing her magic beans.

they way i see it, you purchase a tune online legally you are also purchasing the license to use the song for personal use. As in on the iPod, computer, burn to a CD for vehicle use, and copy as many times as you wish as long as there is no profit being made from it.

I've seen the evolution of pirating from the very early days of Napster, through AudioGalaxy, Sharaza, and now BitTorrents... and I still don't care what the recording industry has to say about it.

They ain't gonna stop it.

Most people can't afford to pay $12-20 an album. I still buy the ones I really want to have hard copies of, I'm all for supporting small bands by buying their stuff, and I'm all over collectible vinyl releases... but I'm just too much of a music junkie to limit my music to what I can afford to buy.

And when it comes right down to it, many of the musicians I listen to are DEAD. I'm not going to pay money for Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Johnny Cash, or any other moldy golden oldies.

I know a few people have gotten in trouble over it, but lots of others, like myself possibly :evilgrin:, will just keep going to it and finding new ways around their tyranny.

Besides, alot of artists are overpaid whores anyway and the recording industry is just a bunch of leeches sucking everyone dry. I DO respect groups and small record companies that independently record and release their own music, and THAT I will keep buying. Sony can go suck an egg.

Jeez! I feel like Lupin III with that definition of stealing!

Did you grow huge sideburns?

Seriously though, this is getting to be complete BS. I just hope they realize that this is an extremely bad idea.

I've stolen all the Weird Al albums on my MP3 player, even though I own the albums I ripped them from...well then, lock me up!

Sideburns? What're you talking about?