• @elliot_crane@lemmy.world
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    4119 days ago

    I’m not a lawyer but somehow “admitting you did the thing you’re being accused of, multiple times” doesn’t seem like the soundest legal strategy.

    • MacN'Cheezus
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      3119 days ago

      Not a fan of Shkreli but if he bought the record he should be able to make backup copies of it, as long as they’re private

      • @jqubed@lemmy.world
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        1819 days ago

        If I’m understanding the article correctly, not making copies seems to have been a condition of the sale.

        • MacN'Cheezus
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          1919 days ago

          Ok I just read it as well and apparently the problem isn’t so much that he made private copies, but rather that he live-streamed the album after having sold it, and now the new owner wants him to destroy those copies to ensure it won’t happen again.

      • astrsk
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        619 days ago

        For a normal sale of property, sure. But the terms of this specific purchase included wording to not do that, allegedly.

        • MacN'Cheezus
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          619 days ago

          If I read the article correctly, the problem isn’t so much that he made copies, but rather that he live-streamed them to the public after selling the album.

          If he had just kept them private, no one would have ever known, but now the new owner wants him to delete those copies to ensure he doesn’t do it again.

    • @jqubed@lemmy.world
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      1419 days ago

      “doesn’t seem like the soundest legal strategy” seems to be this guy’s whole way of life