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Musings on Cara Duckworth’s Post

Some opinions about the Tenenbaum case, for those interested:

OPINION: The RIAA stands for Recording Industry Association of America

OPINION: The RIAA has filed many cases against file sharers as civil actions and not criminal

OPINION: In the US, civil actions do not guarantee the defendant representation by an attorney

OPINION: The RIAA has compared copyright infringement to stealing many times in the press

OPINION: Copyright infringement and shoplifting are two distinct and separate crimes

OPINION: 30 average songs could be contained in 2 CD’s

OPINION: The average cost of 2 CD’s in a store is < $100

OPINION: In Massachusetts the fine for shoplifting under $100 is a fine up to $250 the first time

OPINION: There is a huge discrepancy between the punishment for shoplifting and infringing an equal amount of music

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Comments (1) to “Musings on Cara Duckworth’s Post”

  1. Ahmed wrote:

    That’s an interesting comparison you bring up… To add to your point, I think most people would agree that shoplifting CDs is morally worse that illegally downloading them. This is because when stealing CDs you are physically depriving a store of items but when bootlegging a song, you are not depriving a person of any property that they otherwise could have sold (although that doesn’t necessarily make bootlegging moral).

    Posted on 11-Aug-09 at 10:08 pm | Permalink

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