Washington Post sticks by RIAA story despite evidence it goofed

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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9839170-7.html

A sentence on page 15 of the brief clearly spells out the RIAA's position: "Once (Howell) converted plaintiff's recording into the compressed MP3 format and they are in his shared folder, they are no longer the authorized copies distributed by Plaintiff."

The key words there are "shared folder" and it's an important distinction. It means that before the RIAA considers someone a criminal, a person has to at least appear to be distributing music.

[deckeda]

Just having it in the Shared folder=distribution?

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That hasn't been clarified, as far as I've seen.

[silvarios]

[quote deckeda]Just having it in the Shared folder=distribution?
I believe it was in his shared Kazaa folder. So pretty much yes.


Nathan