RIAA Moves To Keep Revenue Info Secret

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In the Boston, Massachusetts case SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum, the Court had ordered the RIAA to produce certain revenue information, which would be relevant to a determination of the 'fair use' defense. The RIAA has now moved for a protective order to keep the information 'confidential.' In the opinion of the undersigned, the fact that the motion is made jointly by four competitors shows that any claim suggesting the information is valuable or 'proprietary' would be unfounded, and the sole purpose for making the motion is to keep the information out of the hands of lawyers for other defendants, thus increasing the defense costs in other cases."

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Re:Is it downloading or distribution that is illeg

[cliffski]

Both, but sensibly they tend to go after uploaders. But if you are in the US, downloading copyrighted material is quite clearly against the law, even though people on forums might love to perpetuate the myth that it's not. It's like the idea that you can't get pregnant the first time you have sex. People want to believe it, but it isn't true :D