From my soap box!

After hearing some reports (which I believe are misquoting) that John McCain is claiming there will be a revolution in the U.S. soon, and after seeing some of the so-far-out-they-don’t-stand-on-a-side ranters with microphones, like Hon. James David Manning, PhD, claim that white people are going to start riots … I’d really prefer that if a revolution is going to happen, that it be:

- Racially unified (lets not make this a you v. me situation)
- Socially aware  (lets not beat up our neighbors cause we’re angry at the go’ment)
- Peaceful (lets not beat up anybody)
- Spiritually harmonious (lets not let our vision of god keep us from bonding with one another)

The tools of the good: the brain, the pen, the wallet.

The tools of the evil: the rage, the fist and the gun.

Peace

On DRM and Copyright Infringement

What does someone do when they have a legitimate backup of a CD, but no original to reference as their proof of purchase.

For instance… My old car stereo required a CD to unlock it in the event of a power failure. I had programmed in Wu-Tang Clan’s – Enter the 36 Chambers. Over the life of the stereo I had to repurchase the album 6 times. Through my own failures of CD management, and the efforts of others to pilfer my collection, I lost every copy I’ve ever owned, however, the last time I ripped a copy of the CD, and then used burned copies in the future to unlock the car stereo.

In this situation, I legally own 6 licenses to the album, but have no proof other than the copy I ripped onto my computer (which is now lost).

So where does that fall on the scale of copyright infringement? Am I safe from the hounding eyes of the RIAA?

I hardly doubt this is a unique scenario.