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?

[TaintedDesires]

Well, there is already the technology to download songs and copy cds. Before they came up with the technology, they should've thought about the negative sides to it. They can't just release a new thing and tell us we can't use it because it's never gonna happen. But I think downloading music is ok as long as you're not making any money off of it by selling it to your friends but if you erally support the artist, then you should buy the cd because if no one buys their cds, they won't release anymore cds. Thus leaving you with no music to download.