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IP: Aimster vs. the recording industry: [risks] Risks Digest 21.42
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 05:58:13 -0400
Not to worry, they will get the law changed djf
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 08:33:35 -0700 From: "NewsScan" <newsscan () newsscan com> Subject: Aimster vs. the recording industry The recording industry may be hoisted on its own petard if the Napster-like music swapping service called Aimster is successful in its legal strategy against the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Unlike Napster, Aimster (which has no central servers to maintain and leaves users individually responsible for their actions) encrypts transmissions, and so there is no way for the RIAA or any other outside party to distinguish between files which are in compliance with copyright law and those that infringe on it. Of course, RIAA could simply decrypt the files -- but then it would be in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), a law that it strongly supports, and that makes it a criminal offense to circumvent encryption protection of copyrighted material. (*The New Republic*, 21 May 2001; NewsScan Daily, 21 May 2001; http://www.tnr.com/cyberlaw/babbitt051101.html [NB: Correct English usage is: "hoist with one's own petard" (victimized or hurt by one's own scheme) (Webster via PGN)]
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