RIAA argues in Atlantic v. Howell that making personal copies of songs on your own computer hard drive from legally purchased CDs is stealing.
As the blog Recording Industry v. The People notes:
The RIAA's brief makes the novel contention, contradicting its lawyers' arguments at the Supreme Court in MGM v. Grokster, that making personal copies of songs from one's CD onto one's computer is an infringement.
[This despite the fact that in front] of the US Supreme Court, the record company lawyers said:
"The record companies, my clients, have said, for some time now, and it's been on their Website for some time now, that it's perfectly lawful to take a CD that you've purchased, upload it onto your computer, put it onto your iPod. There is a very, very significant lawful commercial use for that device, going forward."
MGM v. Grokster oral argument page 12 lines 1-7.
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