Sony BMG: Format-shifting one song is 'stealing'
Wired.com has this story, on testimony in the first US jury trial over alleged copyright infringement by file sharing.
Sony BMG's anti-'piracy' chief, Jennifer Pariser, was asked on the stand whether it was okay if a consumer makes just one copy of a track they've legally purchased. She said no -- that's 'a nice way of saying, "steals just one copy."'
It's official. Fair use is 'stealing'. Which is consistent with the content industry's general approach -- i.e. doing anything at all with, at, or within 100 meters of copyright material, which the copyright holders think they ought to be paid for, is 'stealing'.
There ought to be a law...
Sony BMG's anti-'piracy' chief, Jennifer Pariser, was asked on the stand whether it was okay if a consumer makes just one copy of a track they've legally purchased. She said no -- that's 'a nice way of saying, "steals just one copy."'
It's official. Fair use is 'stealing'. Which is consistent with the content industry's general approach -- i.e. doing anything at all with, at, or within 100 meters of copyright material, which the copyright holders think they ought to be paid for, is 'stealing'.
There ought to be a law...
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