Comments on: The Last Ripper http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2477/the-last-ripper/ Computer Help from your Friendly How-To Geek Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:31:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2477/the-last-ripper/comment-page-1/#comment-74438 Ryan Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:48:44 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2477/the-last-ripper/#comment-74438 I wish they had a type of program like this for myspace music instead :-P I wish they had a type of program like this for myspace music instead :-P

]]> By: CrazyBishnoi http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2477/the-last-ripper/comment-page-1/#comment-74381 CrazyBishnoi Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:04:42 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2477/the-last-ripper/#comment-74381 I agree Dan; B'coz Everyone in the world has not enough resources to buy every song one liked..... or may be song played is so called "antique"... Then sometimes it is necessary to copy some music from here and there......... Also, everyone knows that world population is increasing like hell... as there will be more genuine lovers so it makes no effect on music industry. also,,,, if we black list the sources of pirated stuff,,, then we may need countless pages to list them all....... so don't worry about these disclaimers and Happy Geeking............ I agree Dan; B’coz Everyone in the world has not enough resources to buy every song one liked…..
or may be song played is so called “antique”…
Then sometimes it is necessary to copy some music from here and there………
Also, everyone knows that world population is increasing like hell… as there will be more genuine lovers so it makes no effect on music industry.
also,,,, if we black list the sources of pirated stuff,,, then we may need countless pages to list them all…….
so don’t worry about these disclaimers and Happy Geeking…………

]]> By: Dan http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2477/the-last-ripper/comment-page-1/#comment-74370 Dan Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:08:11 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2477/the-last-ripper/#comment-74370 I think this should be legal everywhere. It is no different than recording the radio to cassette tapes.... does that make me sound old? I think this should be legal everywhere. It is no different than recording the radio to cassette tapes…. does that make me sound old?

]]> By: Daniel Spiewak http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2477/the-last-ripper/comment-page-1/#comment-74354 Daniel Spiewak Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:40:32 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2477/the-last-ripper/#comment-74354 To my great surprise, this is actually legal in a number of countries, including the United States. The trick seems to be that you can only do this for personal use. If you share the MP3s with anyone outside your immediate family, then you will be subject to prosecution. To my great surprise, this is actually legal in a number of countries, including the United States. The trick seems to be that you can only do this for personal use. If you share the MP3s with anyone outside your immediate family, then you will be subject to prosecution.

]]> By: Rick Brown http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2477/the-last-ripper/comment-page-1/#comment-74350 Rick Brown Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:24:12 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2477/the-last-ripper/#comment-74350 I don't know if this qualifies as a "friendly comment"...let's call it "friendly criticism". Advertising this "Last Ripper" rip-off program is not helpful. You can look at Danish law, or German law, or Polish law, or US law, but even if you can nit-pick your way to a good conscience, the truth is that you are ripping the internet stream to avoid buying the CD or song. Making this easy with "Last Ripper" and advertising this capability on the How-To Geek pisses off the music industry, which then wants to run Last.FM and the rest of internet radio out of business. Last spring they almost did it, jacking the price per song up so high that internet radio companies couldn't stay in business. A public outcry slowed them down, and they have just reached an agreement that raises prices but not so much...but it has *not* been finalized, and it can be dropped for the original jack-up. I'm not defending the music industry or the rip-off types, but How-To Geek should look around before posting anything that requires all those legal disclaimers. You need to ask, will your posting make things worse? Otherwise, keep up the good work. :-) I don’t know if this qualifies as a “friendly comment”…let’s call it “friendly criticism”. Advertising this “Last Ripper” rip-off program is not helpful. You can look at Danish law, or German law, or Polish law, or US law, but even if you can nit-pick your way to a good conscience, the truth is that you are ripping the internet stream to avoid buying the CD or song. Making this easy with “Last Ripper” and advertising this capability on the How-To Geek pisses off the music industry, which then wants to run Last.FM and the rest of internet radio out of business. Last spring they almost did it, jacking the price per song up so high that internet radio companies couldn’t stay in business. A public outcry slowed them down, and they have just reached an agreement that raises prices but not so much…but it has *not* been finalized, and it can be dropped for the original jack-up. I’m not defending the music industry or the rip-off types, but How-To Geek should look around before posting anything that requires all those legal disclaimers. You need to ask, will your posting make things worse?

Otherwise, keep up the good work. :-)

]]> By: ProstheticHead http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2477/the-last-ripper/comment-page-1/#comment-74348 ProstheticHead Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:37:58 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2477/the-last-ripper/#comment-74348 I love it. Long live GNU!! I love it. Long live GNU!!

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