CD ripping is not fair use?

Interesting post on BoingBoing referencing an article on EFF.

My only opinion on this is that for any CD* where copying has been permitted in the past (and I refer specifically to copying/format-shifting by me for my own exclusive use), then such copying cannot be subsequently revoked. No one can modify the license agreement on a CD after the CD has been sold. It is absolutely unenforceable, so it is what it is, forever. However, in the future if any CD is to be copy-denied (which the copyright owner can decide to do), then it should be clearly stated on the package, the CD, and in places where it is offered for sale. (I'm thinking of Amazon.com, where I buy almost all my entertainment items.) Then, I simply will not purchase that CD, and everyone will (presumably) be happy.

Let's see how that works out for the record companies. Certainly seems fair, to me.

Update: I seem to be trailing BoingBoing like some kind of repeater newsbot. So be it. Apparently the RIAA website has taken a specific stand on copying/format-shifting for personal use, and they seem to be for it. To wit: "It's your music and we want you to enjoy it at home, at work, in the car and on the jogging trail." That's how I use it, and that's how I want to use it. The only place I actually listen to the orginal CD is in my car (why is that?). Everywhere else (and I can only be one place at a time, you know) I listen to MP3s. Winamp is my player of choice. I also have a Pez MP3 player (tres chic!) in the rare event I'm away from a computer.

* And by CD I mean any media: LP, CD, DVD, etc., that may be purchased.