# RIAA Now Says CD Ripping Is Illegal **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 16, 2006, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/riaa-now-says-cd-ripping-is-illegal/8246 "2006-02-16T10:10:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/riaa-now-says-cd-ripping-is-illegal/8246/1 "2006-02-16T10:10:36Z")
**"Luckily, its hypocrisy is as boundless as its greed. Remember when the RIAA (Record Industry Association of America) was arguing in front of the US Supreme Court in the Grokster case, and it said that ripping a CD that you lawfully own to your MP3 player was “perfectly lawful”? Well, now it isn’t.** The RIAA is now arguing that it is illegal, and wants to get it legally shut down. No, really, something as trivial as sworn statements to the Supreme Court should be simply taken in jest, right? Well, no, I don’t think they are that dumb, but history was never the music industry’s strong suit, it is in the box on the shelf, covered with dust, right next to a tiny thing called “conscience”. Either way, rights like fair use seems to be a concept totally lost to it." > **[TheINQUIRER - news, reviews and opinion for tech buffs](https://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29733)** > > TheINQUIRER publishes daily news, reviews on the latest gadgets and devices, and INQdepth articles for tech buffs and hobbyists. ---
**Author:** ![Tkklemann](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tkklemann/32/7298_2.png) [@Tkklemann](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tkklemann)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/riaa-now-says-cd-ripping-is-illegal/8246/2 "2006-02-16T10:12:24Z")
Damn, the way this is going, pretty soon it is going to be illegal to listen to music. ---
**Author:** ![Fetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fetter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fetter)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/riaa-now-says-cd-ripping-is-illegal/8246/3 "2006-02-16T10:16:44Z")
That is the gayest thing I’ve ever heard. You bought it and are listenign to it on your MP3 player/Computer/whatever. If you aren’t letting anyone else have those files that doesn’t seem like breaking the law to me. Damn RIAA… :rant: ---
**Author:** ![jeeves744](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeeves744/32/7619_2.png) [@jeeves744](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jeeves744)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/riaa-now-says-cd-ripping-is-illegal/8246/4 "2006-02-16T10:24:11Z")
someone needs to start a email campaign to have everyone not buy a CD for a whole month. Like August of this year, plenty of time for lots of people to get the email. Lets see how cocky they are went they make no money for a month. ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/riaa-now-says-cd-ripping-is-illegal/8246/5 "2006-02-16T10:27:56Z")
im going to start burning my music and books now. i will wait for the riaa to let me know what and where/whne i can and cant read/listen too. ---
**Author:** ![RedDawg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@RedDawg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedDawg)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/riaa-now-says-cd-ripping-is-illegal/8246/6 "2006-02-16T10:52:46Z")
is there a more crediteble resource than The Inquirer? ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/riaa-now-says-cd-ripping-is-illegal/8246/7 "2006-02-16T10:55:58Z")
> [@RedDawg](#): > > is there a more crediteble resource than The Inquirer? Read the fucking article… Jesus!! > **[Deeplinks Archives](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004409.php)** ---
**Author:** ![AlbinoMonkeyRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AlbinoMonkeyRat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AlbinoMonkeyRat)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/riaa-now-says-cd-ripping-is-illegal/8246/8 "2006-02-16T10:58:17Z")
> [@jeeves744](#): > > someone needs to start a email campaign to have everyone not buy a CD for a whole month. Like August of this year, plenty of time for lots of people to get the email. Lets see how cocky they are went they make no money for a month. As good of an idea as that sounds, if consumers get that word spread fast, odds are the industry will get wind of it too and reschedule album release dates to July or September. ---
**Author:** ![jeeves744](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeeves744/32/7619_2.png) [@jeeves744](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jeeves744)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/riaa-now-says-cd-ripping-is-illegal/8246/9 "2006-02-16T11:14:03Z")
> [@AlbinoMonkeyRat](#): > > As good of an idea as that sounds, if consumers get that word spread fast, odds are the industry will get wind of it too and reschedule album release dates to July or September. even if they did, they still would have an extrememly bad month regardless if its new albums or not. ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/riaa-now-says-cd-ripping-is-illegal/8246/10 "2006-02-16T11:16:33Z")
and we all have metallica to thank for all this bullshit money hungry whiney bitches that they are. wahhh wahhh wahhh we only made 50 million last year, we want more wahhh wahhh wahh fuck off ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/riaa-now-says-cd-ripping-is-illegal/8246/11 "2006-02-16T11:16:49Z")
How long could people keep that up for? I would be surprised if they could get a month but it wouldn’t go beyond that i’m affraid… ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/riaa-now-says-cd-ripping-is-illegal/8246/12 "2006-02-16T11:35:55Z")
> [@RedDawg](#): > > is there a more crediteble resource than The Inquirer? It’s good you know what the inquirer is… :shakeshead: ---
**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/riaa-now-says-cd-ripping-is-illegal/8246/13 "2006-02-16T11:36:42Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > and we all have metallica to thank for all this bullshit > > money hungry whiney bitches that they are. > > wahhh wahhh wahhh we only made 50 million last year, we want more wahhh wahhh wahh > > fuck off BINGO! I hate that fucking stupid band now. ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/riaa-now-says-cd-ripping-is-illegal/8246/14 "2006-02-16T12:00:23Z")
[http://www.campchaos.com/show.php?iID=232](http://www.campchaos.com/show.php?iID=232) Napster BAD!! Just for Kevin… ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/riaa-now-says-cd-ripping-is-illegal/8246/15 "2006-02-16T12:09:34Z")
lol FIRE BAD!!! hahaha good find ---
**Author:** ![jeeves744](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeeves744/32/7619_2.png) [@jeeves744](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jeeves744)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/riaa-now-says-cd-ripping-is-illegal/8246/16 "2006-02-16T12:09:58Z")
> [@RuBiCaNT](#): > > How long could people keep that up for? I would be surprised if they could get a month but it wouldn’t go beyond that i’m affraid… i doubt it could last a month either. The whole point is if a lot of people showed the RIAA that we are getting really pissed off and sick of their shit they might finally shut up. And the only way to do that is to hit them where it hurts, their wallets. I dont have any exact numbers, but im sure that even if for a short time their profits were cut in half they would be losing millions. ---
**Author:** ![Rx3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rx3/32/7194_2.png) [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/riaa-now-says-cd-ripping-is-illegal/8246/17 "2006-02-16T13:13:12Z")
> [@RedDawg](#): > > is there a more crediteble resource than The Inquirer? Inquirer /= Enquirer ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/riaa-now-says-cd-ripping-is-illegal/8246/18 "2006-02-16T13:25:56Z")
shocking :rolljerk: ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/riaa-now-says-cd-ripping-is-illegal/8246/19 "2006-02-16T13:31:17Z")
> [@Rx3](#): > > Inquirer /= Enquirer omgods, know weigh ---
**Author:** ![neurokinetik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neurokinetik/32/7270_2.png) [@neurokinetik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neurokinetik)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/riaa-now-says-cd-ripping-is-illegal/8246/20 "2006-02-16T16:03:48Z")
> [@AlbinoMonkeyRat](#): > > As good of an idea as that sounds, if consumers get that word spread fast, odds are the industry will get wind of it too and reschedule album release dates to July or September. Almost makes me glad that pretty much all of today’s music is utter garbage… Oh, and the RIAA isn’t going to be able to stop jack shit. Anything they come up with, will be circumvented, one way or another. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/riaa-now-says-cd-ripping-is-illegal/8246.md?page=2)