New trial in music downloading case

The Brainerd, Minn. woman convicted of pirating music has been granted a new trial.

Judge grants new trial in music downloading case

The judge said he made an error in jury instructions which prejudiced the jury.

 

This woman from up Brainerd?

 

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I still have never seen that movie and have absolutely no plans to do so.

Back on topic....

This could have some interesting ramifications with the difference between actually distributing the music versus simply having it available to download.

 

Is that like when the coach says if Joe Schmoe backup kicker makes a 40-yard FG, practice is over? And then Joe Schmoe misses, but the coach doesn't like the result, so he calls offsides?

 

No.

 

So is Limewire legal or not? I don't download from there, but I have friends that do. They swear it's legal.

Also, if things like the torrent sites are illegal, then how do they remain in operation?

 

Who needs limewire and bit torrent when a free youtube-to-mp3 converter is available download.com and works quite well?

 

You don't get full movies on youtube like you do bit torrents.

 

My understanding is that the torrent sites are still legal because they haven't found a way to police it.

Limewire is not.

 

Technically Limewire may be legal... but virtually everything you'll find on there is being traded illegally. Same with the torrent sites. While the sites have potentially legit uses, it's illegal to trade copyrighted material on those sites.

And the sound quality from a youtube to mp3 transfer is going to be heinous.

 

Most Torrent sites aren't US based and/or are impossible to track down because a paper trail finding one person/a group of people responcibile for it's creation has yet to emerge.

Limewire is illegal for all intents and purposes, but the same thing applies. Until the courts can find a way to nail down someone at the top of the food chain, they'll just go after Joe Schmoe downloader.

Of course, most of these trials are just to set an example. They've yet to go after (in a real way) people downloading one or two songs but are aiming their efforts at people with thousands of songs on their system and on the networks.

 

My confusion as always been on location. Are they just illeagle in the US or are they illeagle in Canada as well?