[goldstategop]

Its not about protecting copyrights; its about RIAA's wanting to make sure it can make money for the record labels off the customers. Its all about greed.

[yonif]

Using their own logic, can't movie companies begin to track DVD recordables and blank tapes bought by customers to see if they are using it to copy movies?

[Banjoguy]

The RIAA is organized and funded by the recording industry. It is not a self interested entity. It, instead, acts as an ombudsman for the vertical market responsible for the, production, manufacture and distribution of recorded entertainment.

Copyright laws were established to protect the originators of creative product so that they could reap the benefits of their work; that would include financial gain. Saying that one is exclusive of the other is an absurdity.

In addition, I submit that it is not greed to expect a monetary payback for the creation of a product. As a risk taker I have every right to legally produce and distribute a product and to expect a financial reward for my efforts. Those who would purloin the product, justifying on the basis of technology, are, to put it bluntly, thieves.