Jeffrey Howell of Scottsdale, AZ is one of the newest inductees into the RIAA lawsuit hall of fame. While standing accused for making 54 tunes available on Kazaa, he stands accused of a wrong not yet pursued by the RIAA:
Once Defendant converted Plaintiffs’ recording into the compressed .mp3 format and they are in his shared folder, they are no longer the authorized copies distributed by Plaintiffs
Essentially: Once he ripped his tracks from CD, regardless of use, they became illegal. The RIAA’s council goes on to state:
If you make unauthorized copies of copyrighted music recordings … you could be held legally liable for thousands of dollars in damages.
In other news, anyone found kicking a football with an unauthorized cleat is subject to damages.
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