• MacN'Cheezus
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    3117 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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      1817 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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        1917 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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      617 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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        617 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.