This week’s question concerns a lawsuit recently filed in Arizona by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) against Jeffrey and Pamela Howell, a pair of ordinary consumers who recently converted their CD collection to MP3s for their own personal use. What makes this latest copyright case of interest is that it apparently contradicts arguments made by the RIAA’s lawyers in a 2005 case in which they stated that making digital copies of one’s music collection for personal use was a protected right for consumers. What do you think? Should converting CDs to MP3s be legal?
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