Re: [tlug] OT: government getting ready to inspect your iPod, laptop without probable cause

["Kenneth M. Burling Jr." <burlingk@example.com>]

On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 21:23 -0600, David J Iannucci wrote:
> > The record industry is trying to make ripping CDs illegal, so they
> > want to have DRM only downloads on an iPod. In other words if it is
> > not digitally signed it is not legal.
> 
> Wow... Canada's not the first place I think of when it comes to this
> sort of fascism... :-(
> 
> I'm sure it's legal to rip your own legitimately purchased CDs for use
> in portable players... I'm pretty sure that's true in the US anyway...
> so if you say you own the CDs, how can they possibly prove otherwise?


As assinine as it sounds they could demand to see the originals, or some
proof of purchase.  Remember, Hollywood is taking over the world, and
they are doing a better job of it than Microsoft ever could.

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Ken