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Major Labels v. Backbones
From: "John Ferriby" <john () ferriby com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 22:03:37 -0400
A number of major music labels have joined forces and are seeking relief from backbone providers, see: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=582&e=2&cid=582&u=/nm/200 20816/wr_nm/media_copyright_dc_4 It sounds like the labels are alleging that the providers are, in some way, contributing infringers. If there are any legal eagles here, can a Common Carrier be a contributing infringer? Could a trucking firm be labeled a contributing infringer if it carries goods that violate patent/copyright law? Would Verizon/SBC/Qwest et al be construed this way if the service delivered copyrighted material over the voice network unencoded? -- John Ferriby - PGP Key: www.ferriby.com/pgpkey
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- Re: Major Labels v. Backbones Richard A Steenbergen (Aug 16)
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- Re: Dave Farber comments on Re: Major Labels v. Backbones senthil ayyasamy (Aug 17)
- Re: Dave Farber comments on Re: Major Labels v. Backbones Marshall Eubanks (Aug 19)
- RE: Dave Farber comments on Re: Major Labels v. Backbones Deepak Jain (Aug 19)
- Re: Dave Farber comments on Re: Major Labels v. Backbones Stephen Stuart (Aug 19)
- Re: Dave Farber comments on Re: Major Labels v. Backbones Tim Thorne (Aug 19)
- Re: Dave Farber comments on Re: Major Labels v. Backbones Joe Baptista (Aug 19)
- Re: Major Labels v. Backbones Richard A Steenbergen (Aug 16)