# It's ILLEGAL to rip music to a PC, even if its not shared.

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**Created:** [December 31, 2007, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/its-illegal-to-rip-music-to-a-pc-even-if-its-not-shared/41016 "2007-12-31T08:35:05Z")
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### Author: ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2007, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/its-illegal-to-rip-music-to-a-pc-even-if-its-not-shared/41016/7 "2007-12-31T08:55:44Z")

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> [@RobHimself](#):
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> Such a great idea! eliminate the shrinking numbers of people that still buy cds and force t hem into itunes/zune marketplace/ stealing music

Hell, someone should get the conservationist & tree huggers in on this…

Imagine how much less petrol would be used, and how much less waste there’d be without 100s of millions of CDs produced every year.

Actually, i’d love to see someone countersue the RIAA on the grounds that they are promoting global warming… :lol:

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