Music Piracy Hypocrites
We regularly hear horror stories about RIAA suing alleged music pirates who don’t own computers, elderly grandparents, etc. The presumption is that you’re guilty until you prove you’re innocent. Since this is difficult to do, RIAA counts on you to settle the cases instead of enduring the wrath of their legal team. Few can afford to pay lawyers to fight the “entertainment” industry when false accusations of piracy are made in a lawsuit.
However, there is a cheap solution. Just get a recording industry executive to adopt you and feel free to download Britney Spears’ songs and other mp3s to your heart’s content.
Edgar Bronfman, the head of Warner Music Group (WMG), freely admits that his kids have illegally downloaded music. Their punishment? “I think I’ll keep that within the family,” said Bronfman.
Within the family? What? No lawsuit?
So the next time you hear RIAA and the music studios moan and whine about the end of civilization as we know it due to piracy, just remember Bronfman and others like him. You can be sure that they’ve created their own family exception to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
I’m not condoning piracy. But either the anti-piracy laws apply to everyone or they should go away. Don’t hold your breath waiting for the RIAA v. Bronfman lawsuit. Hypocrites.
Hat tip to Reuters.
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With an advanced international law degree from Georgetown University and more than 15 years of real world legal experience, Attorney Mike Young is President of the Internet Ethics Council and creator of Website Legal Forms Generator software. He helps entrepreneurs protect and grow their businesses online.
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A jury just awarded the music companies $222,000 against a 30-year-old Minnesota woman for allegedly downloading and distributing 24 songs. I’m not supporting any piracy that she did. However, the question remains…why are music industry executives and their families given a free pass when it comes to copyright infringement. Still waiting for that Bronfman case. It has been nearly a year. Hypocrites.
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