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Just currious... Say someone purchased the album and then sold duplicates, would Wu-Tang be able to sue? Technically there are no damages, Wu-Tang isn't out any
by bcohen5055 13y ago
Just currious... Say someone purchased the album and then sold duplicates, would Wu-Tang be able to sue? Technically there are no damages, Wu-Tang isn't out any money from missing album sales and the seller is just trying to make a decent ROI on his 5 million dollar asset.
- _kst_ 13y agoHow would that differ from duplicating any other album without permission? (Unless the buyer also buys the right to distribute copies.)
- paradoja 13y agoIn that there is no way to argue that the artist lost sales due to the copies, thus, no harm made.
- drcube 13y ago"Lost sales" is not a necessary component of copyright infringement, if I recall.
- JohnTHaller 13y agoIt is a component when calculating any damages, though.
- drcube 13y agoIs it? How do they figure? Or do they just use whatever number RIAA gives them?
- rch 13y agoThe difference is, that the buyer would actually own the original, with all the associated rights. Maybe see to it that a few singles get lots of radio play, and then resell the complete original at auction - sounds fair to me.
- emhart 13y agoNope, in fact, that's precisely one of the avenues mentioned in other articles. That perhaps a major label or a large, unrelated brand will buy it to distribute it either for sale or for promotional purposes. Like, drop into a Puma store, the only place you can listen to the album, sorta thing.
- zokier 13y agoIn such case punitive damages would probably be awarded. At least that would be the common sense thing to do.
- NDizzle 13y agoThat would lead to the first correctly directed DCMA takedown notice since they know exactly who leaked it!
- JoeAltmaier 13y agoIf you bought it, you bought it and its yours. Don't pay millions unless you own the rights.