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Retro pirate gets two-year suspended jail sentence for being stuck in the past, burning and selling remix CDs of famous artists — four-year investigation into copyright infringement on 40-year-old me… (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 120 points 3 days ago (4 children)

"This activity enabled him to commercially exploit protected material, generating income at the expense of legitimate artists and businesses within the music industry.”

You mean how OpenAI et al have been doing for the past few years?

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 53 points 3 days ago

No, it's fine for OpenAl to do it, because they are wealthy. Rules only exist for poor people.

[–] zewm@lemmy.world 37 points 3 days ago (1 children)

For the CD guy, the proper pockets were not greased prior to engaging in illicit activity.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

Pockets get lined (with cash presumably), palms get greased, unless you’re lining the pockets with grease, in which case carry on.

[–] ThisGuyThat@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

but that's.... different!

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago

Dude should've been putting out remixes of books and lyrics.