, 2007-12-11
On October 1, 2007, Jammie Thomas -- a single mother living in Brainerd, Minnesota -- was sued in civil court for copyright infringement by the Recording Industry Association of America. Three days later, the jury returned the verdict; Ms. Thomas was liable for willfully infringing the copyrights on 24 songs. The fine: $222,000.
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Copyrights and Wrongs
2007-12-13
Anonymous (1 replies)
Anonymous (1 replies)
(Sorry, English is not my native language.)
1. In Mexico City, everybody knows where illegally copied music or movies are on sale. Could the record industry (American or Mexican) sue the major of the City for protecting the piracy dealers? (If you know who the criminal is and do nothing you are an accomplice.)
2. A person is the owner of his/her own image. That?s why you pay models. Why is not possible for an actor/actress to sue a paparazzi? (If you take a photo of a cartoon character and publish it without permission you are sued, but if you publish a paparazzi photo of an artist nothing happens.)
3. Some web pages have a music background. That music is stored in temporary files of your computer (nobody asks you). Now you have an illegal copy: storing is a crime. Could the owner of the computer sue the site company for the risk they have ?seed??
4. Suppose a person have a trademark named ?music?. Could that person sue anybody who uses this word in mass media? (Don?t laugh, this is real: a Mexican politician registered his name as a mark in order to avoid bad commentaries.)
5. I?m not going to sue you for correcting my grammar (and I won?t pay you either).
Thank you.
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