Comments on: London DJ Arrested For Selling Promo CDs on eBay http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/06/17/london-dj-arrested-for-selling-promo-cds-on-ebay/ Electronic music news, synthesizers, reviews and more! Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:42:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: synthhead http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/06/17/london-dj-arrested-for-selling-promo-cds-on-ebay/#comment-127676 synthhead Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:39:36 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=7058#comment-127676 This is screwed up. What if DJs got together and banned tracks from mainstream labels? This is screwed up.

What if DJs got together and banned tracks from mainstream labels?

]]> By: Kemmler http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/06/17/london-dj-arrested-for-selling-promo-cds-on-ebay/#comment-127675 Kemmler Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:33:09 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=7058#comment-127675 There was a case like this very recently in the US. The record industry lost the case due to the First Sale Doctrine, which says that you can't legally dictate what someone does with something (including an album) after you sell or give it to them. In this case they found that mailing out unsolicited promos constituted a gift legally. Not sure what the law is in the UK though. The record industry in general needs to get a grip. They've had 9 years to get their act together since Napster burst their bubble and haven't managed to put something together that even rivals Allofmp3.com. There was a case like this very recently in the US. The record industry lost the case due to the First Sale Doctrine, which says that you can’t legally dictate what someone does with something (including an album) after you sell or give it to them. In this case they found that mailing out unsolicited promos constituted a gift legally.

Not sure what the law is in the UK though. The record industry in general needs to get a grip. They’ve had 9 years to get their act together since Napster burst their bubble and haven’t managed to put something together that even rivals Allofmp3.com.

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