[Shaggy]

Originally Posted by thename

You're suggesting that the claims in 2007 have a fundamental difference from the claims they make today

What claims they make today? Do you have sources for the RIAA making current claims that ripping CDs is illegal?

As for the situation in question I'd offer the Sony rootkit example as evidence it did happen:

If you're using that to show the RIAA is attempting to stop CD ripping by trying to push DRM on top of a CD, that example has the same problem. It happened back in 2007. I don't believe Sony does that anymore.

I agree CDs and DVDs are indeed separate under the DMCA.

More specifically, CDs are not under the DMCA.

But the DMCA was written to clear difficulties interpreting these very issues.

The DMCA was written to create difficulties interpreting these issues. Fair use exists under copyright, the DMCA tries to eliminate it. That's not clarity.