Thread: Legal Question: Can A Song Download Be "Illegal" If One Owns The LP/CD?
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Old March 9th, 2007
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Originally Posted by AaronWalkhouse
Of course they would. As far as they are concerned you never owned anything but plastic.
Which brings up the core issue. If the RIAA can claim X value per download in order to sue someone, then there has to be some real-world basis for that. What does an artist get per song on a CD? And if the RIAA can claim they are owed that from "illegal" copying... then there must be some implicit though unexplored legal right that 45/cassette/8-Track/LP/CD owners should NOT be charged over and over to listen to the same song just because they upgrade formats. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
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