Sunday, 26. September 2004
Topic: COPYRIGHT - on September 26, 2004 at 2:30:00 PM CEST
US judge strikes down bootleg law
A judge has struck down a law which bans the sale of bootleg recordings of live music in the United States.
Judge Harold Baer Jr, sitting in New York, dismissed charges against a Manhattan-based record dealer which had been brought under the law. He said the law could not stand because it placed no time limit on the ban - unlike the limits placed on books or recorded music releases. Prosecutors said they were "reviewing the decision" the judge made.
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