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RIAA: Simply Having Files in a Shared Folder is Copyright Infringement

Ray Beckerman writes on The Recording Industry vs. The People blog:

In its briefs responding to the amicus curiae briefs of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the U.S. Internet Industry Association, and the Computer & Communications Industry Association, the RIAA argues that merely having a shared files folder with copyrighted material in it -- even if the files in it were legally authorized copies, and even if the files were never uploaded and copied by anyone from the shared files folder -- is in and of itself a copyright infringement.

posted by Fergie @ 3/06/2006 10:55:00 AM