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'No iPod Movie Rips' says Library of Congress

by Erica Sadun Nov 26th 2006 at 2:00PM

According to MacWorld UK, the Copyright Office of the US Library of Congress has rejected a petition which requested that owners of iPods and other portable media players be allowed to rip the CDs and DVDs they own to their own playback devices. You'd imagine, wouldn't you, that you should be allowed to transfer material you own so long as you make sure that multiple copies would never be played simultaneously. But no. The RIAA strenuously disagrees. Apparently space-shifting and format-shifting do not count as non-infringing uses.

You can read the Electronic Freedom Foundation's reply to the ruling here.



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Moi

Every time you Rip a DVD, the terrorists win.

November 28 2006 at 5:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Chris

...so i guess iPod owners = terrorists?

November 27 2006 at 2:24 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Stephen Antonucci

I think you have to realize they are simply upholding the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) which disallows you to break copy protection and reverse engineer copy protection schemes. This has little to do with "fair use" and its established laws. This is why the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is such a horrible law. Until someone with deep pockets and a large amount of lawyers can take on this horrible law and win stating fair use laws or other reasons this will always be the case. The Copyright Office can not simply ignore the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) as it is the law of the land, unfortunately!

November 26 2006 at 7:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jeffbbs

what nonsense...how sad.

November 26 2006 at 7:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dripps

Ridiculous!

November 26 2006 at 6:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jon

The EFF link (the first EFF link) mentions CDs and DVDs.

November 26 2006 at 6:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Hobbes

Until people stop buying CDs and DVDs to show the industry that this is getting ridiculous, nothing is going to change. It's time people start boycotting the BS that's being pushed on them. Come on, you buy something and you have no rights to do with it what you want? What has happened to the days where we could freely make compilations of our albums and give a tape to our friends? Let's stop being manipulated in this insane matter. The media also has the power to help instead of just making it sound sensationalist.

November 26 2006 at 5:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rae

"So it's just about movies, not music."

Yep.

ATTN: TUAW - Stop making things up. Thx.

November 26 2006 at 5:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jon

"This will all be laughed at in 20 years!!!"

I doubt it, as the RIAA will probably be controlling our minds by then...

November 26 2006 at 4:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
matt

I'm pretty sure this makes at least 70% of Americans criminals...
fu*king ridiculous

November 26 2006 at 4:39 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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