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  • So Jealous

    • 8 out of 10
    • Tegan and Sara
    • So Jealous is the third album from these sisters, and easily the one to single out for an introduction to their music. Some people may not get on board with their vocal styles, which are slightly

  • With Teeth

    • 4 out of 10
    • Nine Inch Nails
    • In the sprawling post-A&R rock and roll world, there are two camps: the Beatles and the Stones. The Beatles are the artists that like to explore, evolve, and change styles. The Stones are the artis

  • Plans

    • 8 out of 10
    • Death Cab for Cutie
    • With the introduction of Plans, Death Cab for Cutie became a new addition to many user's Artist list after the single "Soul Meets Body" became a hit on iTunes. Offering a fresh alternativ

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Once More, with Feeling

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    • Most musical episodes of TV shows frankly stink. They are usually little more than ill-conceived vehicles intended to let the stars show off what musical talent they have. Once More, With Feeling,

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    • Of the three men who taught me how to sing, the last was Mel Torme. Apparently, Mel Torme is a joke to anyone more than a decade older than me, a living parody of a Vegas crooner. But I stumbled on th

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RIAA: No Way To DMCA Fair Use Reform

A bill introduced into the U.S. House of Representative aims to change the strict limitations of fair use of music recordings imposed by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, but the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is dead set against seeing it pass. Slyck News reports that the RIAA claims that H.R. 1201, also known as the Boucher/Doolittle Fair Use Act, would essentially legalize hacking.

The RIAA stated that if passed, the bill "would repeal the DMCA and legalize hacking. It would reverse the Supreme Court's decision in Grokster and allow electronics companies to induce others to break the law for their own profit. And it would eliminate new lower-priced digital options for consumers in the marketplace."

H.R. 1201 will allow consumers to circumvent certain restrictions applied to the digital copies of CDs and DVDs when those copies don't have a material impact on the copyright holders. In essence, it offers a government blessing to make backups of music and movies for personal use.

The RIAA, however, see it as a government endorsement for piracy.

Since the RIAA was instrumental in getting the DMCA passed, it's likely that the organization would also have to support any changes to the act before they could successfully be enacted. The firm stance the group has against these changes may ultimately doom the bill to failure.

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