The first (and only) RIAA lawsuit against a music sharer goes to jury today. Let’s dish!?
Question by CMIKS: The first (and only) RIAA lawsuit against a music sharer goes to jury today. Let’s dish!?
1. How is downloading any different than borrowing a CD from the library? Or from recording from the radio? Librarians also make copyrighted music available to pirate.
2. The RIAA has said that we buy a license to the music and that owning the media does not mean we own the music. If that’s true, then we should be able to convert our old vinyl to a higher quality digital version. DLing a version of a song that we already have on media should be OK, true?
3. Shouldn’t the RIAA have to prove actual damages? Making available a song from the 1910 Fruidgum Company (that no one has downloaded) cannot be as damaging as posting a prereleased song from a contemporary artist that thousands leech. The RIAA has not demonstrated that *anyone* has actually downloaded the music in question (besides themselves).
4. Shouldn’t the RIAA have to prove the files it alleges are pirated really are the songs in question and not merely some nutball’s manifesto renamed to suggest it is a popular song?
Best answer:
Answer by DeeDee Cortez
Great commentary here: http://arstechnica.com/authors.ars/I+Palindrome+I
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