Copyright Law, the interpretation of Options

[sadolakced acid]

Alright, let's keep this a debate, not just stating opinions. that's important.
don't just state your opinion, support it

alright. here's some background

Copyright law prohibits the copying of Digital audio for commercial use. Copying of audio for personal use is allowed, but only first generation copies may be made (copies of the original) second generation copies are illegal (copies of copies). however, computers allow this, and thus the RIAA has said that using your computer to copy digital audio, no matter first or second gen. copies, is illegal. this was ruled as incorrect and not what the law says by a court.

First off, the obvious, is whether or not ripping your CDs to MP3s is illegal

also, is downloading music from online illegal? (copyright law only mentions distributing, not taking)

and, do new CDs that prevent ripping to MP3s, and DRM (digital rights management) WMAs violate the user right to copy?

[sadolakced acid]

ehh. more reasons why copy protection is stupid:

creed's CD human clay was the top downloaded CD from p2p networks when it was released. i've borrowed a copy, and am trying to listen to it.

it's copy protected.

guess what. i can't burn it to my mp3 player. so i'm not going to listen to it. and because of that, i'm not going to buy the CD.

you'll say i wouldn't have bought the CD anyways if i could have burned it- well; here's a some CDs i've burned that i'm intending to buy:

breaking benjamin- saturate
evanescence- fallen
sum 41- chuck

bleh. i'd be even more pissed off it i bought the CD and couldn't rip it.

[*mipadi*]

guess what.  i can't burn it to my mp3 player.  so i'm not going to listen to it.  and because of that, i'm not going to buy the CD.

That is a violation of rights, in my opinion. I refuse to buy any CD that doesn't allow me to copy it into MP3 form. If I pay $20 for the CD, I should be allowed to do with it whatever I wish, as long as I am not breaking copyright laws.

The DCMA is slowly eroding what few rights consumers once had.

[sadolakced acid]

That is a violation of rights, in my opinion. I refuse to buy any CD that doesn't allow me to copy it into MP3 form. If I pay $20 for the CD, I should be allowed to do with it whatever I wish, as long as I am not breaking copyright laws.

The DCMA is slowly eroding what few rights consumers once had.

what pisses me off the most is it wasn't labeled copy protected. nothing says it's copy protected. if i bought the CD, i'd analouge rip it and put it on torrent sites, just to spite them for making it so damned hard for my to just listen to it on what device i want to!

ehh. it's not stopping downloading either. all that's needed is one clean rip and upload to a P2P network.

EDIT: ha!
i used a different program made to ignore errors in the CD (which copy protection uses)...