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To: TennesseeGirl

SCOTUS to Napster, all is forgiven?


2 posted on 10/04/2011 3:16:53 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (So much stress was put on Bush's Fault that it finally let go, magnitude 6)
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To: NonValueAdded

No it was still a normal copyright violation. This was ASCAP trying to get extra money from legal digital downloads, saying it’s a public performance (the only time ASCAP ever comes into play, shows and jukeboxes basically).


23 posted on 10/04/2011 3:48:26 PM PDT by discostu (How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today)
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To: NonValueAdded

Wrong.


36 posted on 10/04/2011 4:06:05 PM PDT by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by Perry and his fellow democrats.)
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To: NonValueAdded

Not the same thing as the Napster issue. Downloading music can be done legally on numerous websites such as amazon.com This does not legalize theft of music. It finds that the mere act of downloading the song is not a public performance - just as the shipment of CDs is not a public performance.


48 posted on 10/04/2011 4:47:56 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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