open WiFi defense to RIAA
It should be massive fun when the RIAA sues someone who has an open WiFi network inhabited by unknown users. We await this defense. Doubleplus fun if the RIAA victim doesn't know he's sharing his bandwidth. We also anticipate someone being sued for downloading a rip of a song they have a vinyl. Ie, that they have legal rights to own a more convenient copy of.
On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, Major Variola (ret.) wrote:
We also anticipate someone being sued for downloading a rip of a song they have a vinyl. Ie, that they have legal rights to own a more convenient copy of.
RIAA has anticipated this ploy. The argument goes that one only has the right to rip one's own recordings; bits from other's recordings are not licensed. Not commenting on buggy whips, genies, bottles, or the law, -j -- Jamie Lawrence jal@jal.org "Humans are at least as numerous as pigeons, their brains are not significantly costlier than pigeon brains, and for many tasks they are actually superior." -Richard Dawkins
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