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[–] [email protected] 41 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I’m not a lawyer but somehow “admitting you did the thing you’re being accused of, multiple times” doesn’t seem like the soundest legal strategy.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Not a fan of Shkreli but if he bought the record he should be able to make backup copies of it, as long as they’re private

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If I’m understanding the article correctly, not making copies seems to have been a condition of the sale.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago

Ok I just read it as well and apparently the problem isn’t so much that he made private copies, but rather that he live-streamed the album after having sold it, and now the new owner wants him to destroy those copies to ensure it won’t happen again.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

For a normal sale of property, sure. But the terms of this specific purchase included wording to not do that, allegedly.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

If I read the article correctly, the problem isn’t so much that he made copies, but rather that he live-streamed them to the public after selling the album.

If he had just kept them private, no one would have ever known, but now the new owner wants him to delete those copies to ensure he doesn’t do it again.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

“doesn’t seem like the soundest legal strategy” seems to be this guy’s whole way of life

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Haha yeah that does seem to be the case.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

This is not a man renowned for his good judgement.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

wav is just worse

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Wav? Gross. Mp3.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

FLAC is lossless though (except for 32-bit WAVs)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

On the one hand, copyright law is an illegitimate institution.

On the other hand, this schmuck deserves to suffer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I know what I'm about to download.