Posted by eawckyegcy on 12/05/06 15:44

Steve King wrote:

> This is the "little bit pregnant" argument. One has either infringed on a
> copyright or not. As far as benefits to the copyright holder, that is for
> the copyright holder to decide, not the full range of individuals from
> children to psychopaths that post to You Tube. The quality of the copy has
> nothing to do with it. Nothing.

Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corporation (280 F.3d 934 (CA9 2002)) says
otherwise.

> Usurping the copyright holder's decision
> where and when to publish under what terms is a crime, which should be
> punished vigorously.

Copyright infringement conducted on an industrial scale is a crime;
uploading a video to YooToob would be merely a tort. Feel free to
punish it "vigorously", but on your own dime, eh?

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