 darciliciousCyber LibrarianPremium
join:2001-01-02
Forest Grove, OR
kudos:1
 ·Frontier FiOS
| First, the RIAA doesn't make it a "general consensus". It's one organization. Secondly, not all court cases have ruled in favor of the RIAA's assertion: »New Ruling A Win Or Loss For RIAA?. Last but not least, it's not "on the computer" -- copyrighted materials would have to be in a folder that you make available for public sharing.
See also: »www.techdirt.com/articles/200804···20.shtml which mentions, "The RIAA likes to claim that this is settled law -- but it is not. "
Either way it is still perfectly legal to rip CDs (and DVDs and LPs) for personal use.
As I said, you really overstated the case. |
 birdfeedrPremium,MVM
join:2001-08-11
Warwick, RI
kudos:5 | said by darcilicious:Either way, it is still perfectly legal to rip CDs (and DVDs and LPs) for personal use. As I said, you really overstated the case. Fair use is not in the RIAA's vocabulary. And as far as *they* are concerned, rhard49 has it right, it's only about what the RIAA says. That's what makes it a general consensus, at least among those in the boardroom. If they can get away with it, they'll have everyone believing it's "listen once, buy again." 
Back on topic: There are workarounds for a lot of servers, but the email server would be the toughest to implement trouble-free on a residential account. To the OP, except for a game server, why not go with a hosting package with your own domain? FTP, HTTP, and SMTP for a simple system can be had for less than $100/year. Fast pipe in to the datacenter. Reasonably trouble-free. Tech support available. |
