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Originally Posted by thename
While I agree with your intentions (fair use, ownership, etc.), the letter of the law says the latter is a violation and is--by most accepted definitions of the word--illegal and, therefore, a crime regardless of whether it's victimless or not. Now, it's entirely possible there's an esoteric definition of "crime" that demands a "victim" but the RIAA proved (and a judge, unfortunately, affirmed) that copying a CD is "a nice way of saying 'steals just one copy'" under the current state of affairs. |
The RIAA has attempted to say that multiple times. That doesn't make it true. I didn't see anything in your link that indicated the judge agreed with them.
Every time I'm aware of that the RIAA has tried to make the claim that ripping your own CD is illegal, it has been thrown out.