DMCA slaughters fair use IMHO (Score 1)

The argument Real used to prevent someone from creating a player/recorder client is so wrong it makes me ill. there are many reasons to want a recording of broadcasts. News commentary, education, evidence of slander, etc... all of which are fair use and aren't possible because DMCA protects the interests of content providers and not the people. Resting on one's laurels is no excuse for taking away rights from the people. If I buy a CD from a store, no one can deny me the right to do with it what I please so long as I don't try to make a profit from it. Yet the DMCA does just that for the equivelent package, should I download it and not travel to the brick and mortar record shop. No one can deny me the right to re-record the songs on that CD to a tape in whatever order I want for personal use, so long as I don't make a profit from it. So how are napster users making money? Why is it impossible for me to record Real broadcasts? Didn't we go through this already with cassette tapes and vcr's? Just my 2 cents, thanks for the audience.