At the Thomas trial in Minnesota, Sony BMG's chief of litigation, Jennifer Pariser, testified that "when an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song." Copying a song you bought is "a nice way of saying 'steals just one copy,' " she said.
Sony Ericsson provides Disc2Phone, a CD ripping tool with their UIQ3 smartphones (P990i, P1i, etc.). It is also available here as a free download. Disc2Phone is produced by a subsidiary of Sony:
I would imagine that Jennifer Pariser would have to go after her own people first, for providing the tool that allows customers to rip their CDs illegally . . .
Even though I live in Canada, I believe I've just bought my last CD, ever.
I may still consider purchasing from iTunes or other online stores, but I will be cutting back severely on all my music purchases in order to protect myself from possible litigation.
...an I'm someone who has never, ever possessed a "shared" song in my life. My friends all think that I'm an ass because I won't lend out our thousands of CDs for them to rip.
Listen, I am no fan of the RIAA (quite the opposite), but this story is ridiculously misreported. They did not sue this guy for ripping his own CDs. They sued him for making the MP3s he ripped available on a public file-sharing service. Sure, they would like for you not to rip CDs, preferring that you buy the music over and over again, but they still have not sued anyone over it, nor are they likely to unless the current laws are changed. If it were true then I'd be up-in-arms as well, but it's not and I find it hard to feel sorry for this guy who knowingly shared his music collection with the world at large.
Listen, I am no fan of the RIAA (quite the opposite), but this story is ridiculously misreported. They did not sue this guy for ripping his own CDs. They sued him for making the MP3s he ripped available on a public file-sharing service.
That may be true, but the quote at the Thomas trial in Minnesota, where Sony BMG's chief of litigation, Jennifer Pariser, testified that "when an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song." Copying a song you bought is "a nice way of saying 'steals just one copy,' " is a clear indication of the underlaying beliefs these people have regarding the entire industry.
At the very least I would recommend Sony quite selling MP3 players as they are surely to be used in the conduct of a crime.
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