According to a federal judge, MP3 files are legal to sell if the person selling them, bought them. This is after Capitol Records wanted to shut down a used MP3 store which the record company deemed not legal to do.

Record labels have quite a stronghold over music and are very serious about people sharing that music as well as selling the music. Of course, it’s a losing battle with Millions upon Millions of people doing so, but they still try to abuse their power.

Via Arstechnica:

“A one-of-a-kind website enabling the online sale of preowned digital-music files got a major legal boost late Monday when a federal judge refused to shutter it at the request of Capitol Records. ReDigi, which opened in October, says it’s a modern-day, used-record store that provides account holders with a platform to buy and sell used MP3s that were purchased lawfully through iTunes. The platform’s technology does not support other digital files such as those purchased from Amazon or ripped from a CD.”

“Sullivan’s decision means that the case is still headed to trial, where Capitol will attempt to prove its allegations that ReDigi facilitates wanton copyright infringement and is not protected by the first-sale doctrine.”

Very interesting case and we’ll keep an eye on how it progresses. As many would agree, if you bought the music, then you should be able to sell it. Same as if you buy a movie, you can sell it to someone and so on.

Do you believe it should be legal to sell an MP3 if you purchased it?

Used MP3 Music Files Legal To Sell Says Federal Judge is a post from: The Inquisitr

Judge Alex Kozinski of the San Francisco based 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals was admonished by a judicial council Thursday for having sexually explicit photos and videos stored on his personal Website.

The judge of one of the highest courts in the U.S. said he collected the photos and videos without really looking at them, saying many of them were emailed to him by friends and family. The explicit material was stored in a subdirectory on his site named /stuff and Kozinski says he thought he had blocked access to that part of the site.

Kozinski previously apoligized to the investigative panel for his “unfortunate carelessness.”

“I have caused embarrassment to the federal judiciary and thus whatever shame was cast on me personally, it reflected on my colleagues and our system of justice as well.

Federal Court Judge Admonished for Explicit Pics/Vids on his Personal Website is a post from: The Inquisitr