Sony BMG lawer says copying music you own is stealing October 4, 2007
Sony BMG’s chief litigator, Jennifer Pariser, made some astonishing statements in the first RIAA file sharing law suit to make it to jury trial this Tuesday.
As reported here, when asked if making even one copy of music they have purchased was wrong Pariser said “When an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song.” Making “a copy” of a purchased song is just “a nice way of saying ’steals just one copy’,”
Another choice statement, “Selling music is the only way a record company makes money.” That’s not true. Wired’s Threat Level notes that Pariser said “I’ve seen thousands of hardworking employees lose their job because of piracy.” You would think they would publicise something like that more. Not just in a file sharing trial.
The trial is over now. The defendant lost with a judgement of $222,000 in damages for sharing music. Not murder, rape or treason, but sharing music. Seems like a wonderful way to reward a long time customer who has admittedly spent thousands of dollars on physical cds.
- Posted in : Copyright Law, Fair Use Rights, Sony-BMG
- Author : fairuseday
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So, if I make a copy of my rapidly deteriorating CD of Michael Jacksons’ Off The Wall album and copy it into mp3 format onto my Ipod thats steeling. I suppose when you Tivo your favorite show or sing the lyrics to your favorite song that stealing too? I tell you, its not terrorism, AIDS, or natural disaster that going to destroy this country its Corporate Greed and the power they have that will end this country. Unbelievable…