Universal Music Loses Court Battle Against Promo CD Trader
To followup on last week’s article surrounding copyright laws - music giant Universal Music Group has actually lost a court battle to stop an eBay trader from reselling promotional CDs he had bought from second hand stores.
Troy Augusto makes money by snapping up rare albums and selling them on the online auction site. Universal accused him of copyright infringement, saying some of the items he offered were promotional copies and not authorised for sale to the public.
But a US judge ruled that Mr. Augusto had the right to sell the CDs. Universal said it planned to appeal against the ruling and was confident that it would win.
“We believe that the court’s analysis is incorrect in a number of critical respects,” a spokesman said.
The outcome applies only to US law. Read the full synopsis online at the BBC.
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