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Old 31st Jan 2007, 1:01 am
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That's the issue with the copyright thingy.

If you own the CD, you only purchase the right to listen it from the CD itself.

Quote within wikipedia from RIAA:
The RIAA takes a broad view about what constitutes copyright infringement. In 2006, the RIAA claimed that ripping CDs and backing them up does not constitute fair use, because tracks from ripped CDs do not maintain the controversial DRM to protect the music file from copyright infringement. They argue that there is no evidence that any of the relevant media are "unusually subject to damage" and that "even if CDs do become damaged, replacements are readily available at affordable prices."

So legally if you own a CD, and you want to put the music into an MP3 player, you'll need to purchase the same mp3 with DRM for the player itself.

Kind of dumb. But personally i feel if you bought the CD itself, you should be fine ripping it into mp3s as long as it is for your own personal use and not distributing it.
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Why are clones called MP4 Players, when they don`t play .MP4 at all?
It`s like an MP3 Player which plays Music CDs only.


T39 doesn''t sound as good as my T29
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