If it were only that simple. When I own a CD, LP, or even 8-Track of an older tune, do I or do I not own the “rights” to that music? This needs to be cleared up, but I believe the US Supreme Court did have a ruling that stated pretty much that you can copy your own music for your own personal use.

So if I own the LP, but don’t want to go through the hassle of digitizing it myself, am I stealing if I partake of someone else’s labor of digitizing the same LP? I don’t know that answer myself, just being rhetorical for discussion’s sake here.

“Do artists, publishers and retailers not deserve to earn the money they have been working hard for, rather than having it stolen out from under them?”

Well, good point, and I agree to a point. But Michael Jackson owns the right to the Beatles catalog (or did) and Elvis is dead and buried! So when is the “work” finally compensated for fairly?

Drug companies who develop miracle drugs have a set window of time before by law their product becomes “generic” (aka “public domain”), so why should some fat-cat in the year 2056 make one damned red cent off of a tune that was written and recorded a century before?

For me the RIAA has to do some real good explaining to justify the current “creative rights” protection racket.

Was there some world-wide repeal of the concept of ethics? Should people simply walk up to unattended cars in parking lots, climb in and drive them away simply because they want the cars but can afford to (or simply don’t want to) pay for them?

Do artists, publishers and retailers not deserve to earn the money they have been working hard for, rather than having it stolen out from under them? Do you not deserve to receive the money that you earned by working whatever hours you worked at your job?

I really don’t understand the disconnect between peoples’ desire to possess things and their moral obligation to pay for what they want to possess. It seems really simple to me, something that should be learned by the time you’re 6 years old: you don’t steal; if it isn’t yours, you leave it alone; if something’s for sale, you pay for it; if you don’t you’re a thief.

I can’t believe this is happening, and it’s complete crap, the ISP’s that support this don’t deserve my money or yours.

So, overall, no, I don’t think this is a good idea. This will open the floodgates of the RIAA hurting more innocent people, and I’m sure the MPAA and ESA will be soon to follow.

Knowing that the RIAA has a problem with telling the truth, I did a little investigating, and found out that the RIAA had, in fact, commenced a wave of lawsuits just last week.

To me, subscription deals like Netflix and Rhapsody are cheaper then buying them in stores, and do not have the after effects of getting found doing it illegally with Bit-Torrent or similar options.

But for this kinda service, isn’t practical for people like me that only have 60GB’s a month transfer (combined upload and down). :’(