On 22/02/2008, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:21:47 -0800, "seanadams" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > Peter;271683 Wrote: > > > > > > As a business it's not a bad thing. You just store everything you ever > > > > > > ripped on a big RAID system and the next time someone comes and gives > > > you Hotel California you just hand 'm the pre-ripped copy. Money easy > > > > > > made. The more customers you get the less you do... > > > > > > > Actually, none of the ripping operations are allowed to do this because > > of a precedent set by a record industry lawsuit against a tape dubbing > > company some 20 years ago. You have to rip _the customer's_ CD to make > > a copy for him, even if you've ripped it a million times before. Sorry > > I can't find a reference - maybe someone else remembers the name of the > > company. > > > Ah, so you looked into this... For the US, that may be the case, but the > world's (thankfully) bigger than that. Still I can imagine you wouldn't > want the record company lawyers on you back. >
In Denmark at least one ripping service has temporarily stopped its service. It seems that companies are not allowed to rip their customer's music. And if I ordered a rip of my CD's I would insist that my CD's were actually ripped. I don't want other people's old bits to fill up my harddrive. /grydholt _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
