The RIAA goes completely insane

[Jim Witte]

>  Copying a song you bought is "a nice way of saying 'steals just  
> one copy,' " she said."

   How about my eidetic memory that has a near-perfect recording of  
probably 79% of the music of Celtic Woman?  Does that mean my *brain*  
(actually, some part of my hypothalamus and auditory cortex) is  
committing a crime?  Does this count as a "thought crime"?  And how  
many copies are *in* there anyway (this gets harder, as we don't yet  
know how sound is stored - probably somewhat holographically-like,  
distributed, and with reference to lots of other things)?  Just 1  
copy, 5 copies, 20 copies?  Jeez, lock my brain up *NOW* and throw  
away the key!

   And, oh yeah, on the practical side, although I do actually *own*  
the CDs (most of them not even bought used, so no 'copying on the  
other end'), I only listen to the Apple Lossless or AIFF copies I  
have..  So that's *definitely* stealing..  Sheesh - the RIAA does say  
some strange (and contradictory) stuff..

Jim