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Originally Posted by yoav
the riaa and copyright law don't see a difference between learning to play a song and digital copies of art. maybe you're forgetting there was a ban on online tabulator sites, even if people transposed it by ear. and it's illegal to perform someone else's copyrighted work, even if you're not charging and don't profit. it is also illegal to play a song you've purchased on cd or whatever for a group of people without explicit consent from the copyright holder. i still think you need a little background before you argue something you know little about.
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I am quoting this for irony. I cannot find any evidence that ripping a CD to an iPod is illegal in the US (despite yoav's REPEATED claims that it is so). In fact, here is a statement from a representative for MGM Studios in a Supreme Court case against a file-sharing client: "The record companies, my clients, have said, for some time now, and it's been on their Website for some time now, that it's perfectly lawful to take a CD that you've purchased, upload it onto your computer, put it onto your iPod. There is a very, very significant lawful commercial use for that device, going forward."
I cannot even find an example of the RIAA suing anyone over ripping a CD.
Looks like you need a little background before you argue something you know little about, yoav.
Also, I will provide evidence for the claims I have made about yoav inadvertently admitting that he believes in ownership of art:
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Originally Posted by yoav
theft is taking something that someone else owns.
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Straight from yoav's mouth.
Are you wrong, yoav?