If the RIAA were as prolific with quality new music as they are with ways to frustrate, annoy or outright screw their customers ... well, my already low post count would be non-existant.
But, things being what they are, the RIAA's latest release is this turd-bomb: "Nor does the fact that permission to make a copy in particular circumstances is often or even routinely granted, necessarily establish that the copying is a fair use when the copyright owner withholds that authorization. In this regard, the statement attributed to counsel for copyright owners in the MGM v. Grokster case is simply a statement about authorization, not about fair use."
Translation: If you're thinking doing anything with a CD besides playing it in your car with fewer than two people present, you'd better get a legal opinion.
Apparently the RIAA has been paying tuition at the Jack Valenti School of Consumer Rights. Causing even more head scratching is the MGM lawyer Don Verrilli's comment, which the RIAA referenced:
"It's perfectly lawful to take a CD that you've purchased, upload it onto your computer, put it onto your iPod."
So, it's the RIAA's world and we (and, in "we," I'm including Congress and the Supreme Court) just pay rent here.