darcilicious
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Forest Grove, OR
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Re: Using a server on FiOS?
said by rhard49  :There general consenus is now its illegal to RIP a music CD and have it on your computer. General consensus by whom?
This would make every iPod, mp3 player, mobile phone (which can play songs), Apple's iTunes software (with the feature to rip music built-in!), etc illegal as well. I think you've drastically overstated the case. |
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rhard49
join:2001-04-12
Merrick, NY | By these idiots as always
»RIAA Says You Can’t Copy Music To Your Computer |
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darcilicious
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Forest Grove, OR
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| 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. |
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birdfeedr
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join:2001-08-11
Warwick, RI
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| 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. |
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