</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by iateyourcat:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Stanley_Kubrick:
<strong>... but what sucks about the RIAA they are trying to prevent encoding in general, which is legal if I own a CD and want to enjoy it in a portable MP3 player... Screw these butt-heads!!!</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Authors Guild is the same way. They wanted Amazon to stop selling used books because Authors don't get a cut of used books. Selling used books is completely legal. So, consumer rights and legality aren't high on the list with groups like these (RIAA and the Authors Guild). Maintaining a monopoly is their motive and hopefully the lobbiest won't win this battle. The Digital Copyright Act will eventually be shot down by the Supreme Court.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The way I see it in the case of both of these organisations they are more concerned about protecting their profit then the rights of the general public...