Judge rejects music industry's promo CD copyright claim

[zickit]

This is a year and a half old BUT I seen no discussion of it in any forums I hang out in. Thought it was extremely interesting since this was always a huge no no on eBay.

Judge rejects music industry's promo CD copyright claim

In a major pushback against music industry efforts to expand copyright control at the expense of consumers, a California judge has ruled that recipients of promotional CDs are free to do with them as they please. In other words, what would seem obvious to the layman, in this case also happens to be the law

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