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"More on the RIAA case of Capitol Records, et al v. Jammie Thomas:  today's portion of the hearing consisted largely of the continued testimony from Sony BMG head of litigation, Jennifer Pariser.  \nAs we saw yesterday, Pariser's interests lie in the preservation of copyright holders' protection, including Sony itself.  She noted the damage file-sharing has done to the music industry, stating that Sony BMG is probably half the size it was 7 years ago.  Considering this statement, it's not surprising that Sony has ventured into the use of rootkits being placed on your computer with the playing of a CD or the insertion of a flash USB drive, losing customers all the while.\nWhen it comes down to it, Pariser would define the stealing of music by making a copy of a CD you own onto your own computer, or ripping a CD in any other fashion. This particular discussion in court ultimately led to the topic of fair use.  As the record labels have not given authorization of \"backups\" of CDs (or copies saved on your computer) and cannot, at this time, be considered fair use.  NBC exec Jeff Zucker has contributed his two cents to the existence of piracy today as well.\n[via ars technia]"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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