28
Sep
A federal judge on Friday overturned a 1994 law prohibiting the sale of bootleg recordings of live music, saying that the law is too restrictive and provides “seemingly perpetual [copyright] protection” to the original performances.
But don’t go whipping out the DAT machines just yet: The ruling only strikes down a federal law. Each state still has anti-bootlegging laws on the books, which means that illicit live recordings are still illicit. [more @ www.mtv.com]
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