IPod Observer reports that the RIAA believe people who buy music shouldn't be allowed to listen to that music how, when and where they choose. During the forumulation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the RIAA argued that copying music from a CD to an MP3 player was not fair use. (In the UK, as far as I know, the law agrees with them; you're not permitted to make copies of material, even for your own use so technically you could be prosecuted.) Outrageous, no?

Follow up:

However this is in contrast to a statement where a lawyer for the RIAA quoted the organisation's website, stating "that it's perfectly lawful to take a CD that you've purchased, upload it onto your computer, put it onto your iPod."

After my rant about DRM last week, how can I make this any clearer?

You've paid for it, it's yours. You should be able to listen to it where and when you decide, not when some suit in an office decides to allow you. The only way to get the message across is to refuse to by music at all if it comes with the hefty DRM restrictions to prevent "fair use".

Big brother strikes again.