您以為將自己買的CD備份起來到電腦是合法的嗎?美國唱片產業協會RIAA(The Recording Industry Association of America)最近有了不一樣的看法。RIAA近來在Atlantic v. Howell的案件當中,表示自行將CD裡的音樂轉到電腦當中是未經授權的行為!
當然被告表示是只有給自己與太太兩個人聽而已,判決結果的影響層面勢必會非常廣泛。
原文摘要如下
"It is undisputed that Defendant possessed unauthorized copies of Plaintiffs' copyrighted sound recordings on his computer ... Virtually all of the sound recordings on Exhibit B are in the ".mp3" format. ... Defendant admitted that he converted these sound recordings from their original format to the .mp3 format for his and his wife's use." - RIAA
RIAA保護美國唱片產業真的非常用心。根據一家非營利機構的調查,全球非法取得的音樂,造成美國經濟每年有USD 125億收入與71,000個工作的減少。
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