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The record industry goes crazy

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Rob Archer
Dec 31, 2007
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Should it be against the law for you to buy a CD and then rip the tracks into your own PC or laptop for your own personal use?

The record industry thinks so. They're suing a guy for doing just that.

In legal documents in its federal case against Jeffrey Howell, a Scottsdale, Ariz., man who kept a collection of about 2,000 music recordings on his personal …

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