[geeks] Legal Corporate Music Servers

Joshua Boyd jdboyd at jdboyd.net
Wed May 27 08:03:23 CDT 2009


On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 08:03:31AM -0400, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
> > Lionel Peterson wrote:
> >> Honestly, I think the best approach is to plead ignorance, do what you
> >> want, and never, NEVER ask about RIAA licensing on a company email
> >> server - maintain plausable deniability. Don't prove you knew it was
> >> illegal.
> >>
> >> There is likely no legal way to do what you want (I suspect if
> >> pressed, the RIAA would find fault with a family server sharing music
> >> files among family members).
> > 
> > They still find fault with you copying a CD onto your iPod.
> 
> The RIAA is the reason I don't buy music from RIAA labels any more.

I buy most of my music used.  Come to think of it, the RIAA finds fault
with that as well.



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