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"Recording industry ups ante for downloads
Published: Dec. 30, 2007 at 3:29 PM
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. recording industry has
intensified its fight against illicit downloading, saying it is illegal for
someone to transfer music from a CD onto a computer.
As part of the industry's ongoing legal effort against Jeffery Howell, a
Scottsdale, Ariz., resident accused of sharing nearly 2,000 songs, industry
officials said even legally owned discs should not be copied onto one's
computer, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
The Recording Industry Association of America's position that Howell broke
the law when he copied a legally purchased disc to his computer was
immediately attacked by a lawyer familiar with such charges.
"The basic principle in the law is that you have to distribute actual
physical copies to be guilty of violating copyright. But recently, the
industry has been going around saying that even a personal copy on your
computer is a violation," said Ray Beckerman, a lawyer who has represented
several of the association's targets in the past.
The Post said the industry's announcement comes in the wake of October's
federal jury case in which a Minnesota woman was ordered to pay $220,000 to
record companies for downloading 24 songs.
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This material may not be reproduced, redistributed, or manipulated in any
form."
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http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Entert...cording_industry_ups_ante_for_downloads/1429/)
"Recording industry ups ante for downloads
Published: Dec. 30, 2007 at 3:29 PM
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. recording industry has
intensified its fight against illicit downloading, saying it is illegal for
someone to transfer music from a CD onto a computer.
As part of the industry's ongoing legal effort against Jeffery Howell, a
Scottsdale, Ariz., resident accused of sharing nearly 2,000 songs, industry
officials said even legally owned discs should not be copied onto one's
computer, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
The Recording Industry Association of America's position that Howell broke
the law when he copied a legally purchased disc to his computer was
immediately attacked by a lawyer familiar with such charges.
"The basic principle in the law is that you have to distribute actual
physical copies to be guilty of violating copyright. But recently, the
industry has been going around saying that even a personal copy on your
computer is a violation," said Ray Beckerman, a lawyer who has represented
several of the association's targets in the past.
The Post said the industry's announcement comes in the wake of October's
federal jury case in which a Minnesota woman was ordered to pay $220,000 to
record companies for downloading 24 songs.
© United Press International. All Rights Reserved.
This material may not be reproduced, redistributed, or manipulated in any
form."
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