If you're looking to get yelled at, go up to a record executive and put forward the opinion that uploading and downloading music on file-swapping sites is fair use, damages don't apply and that no harm is done to the copyright holder.
Even if they don't yell, I'm guessing they'll let you know you're wrong and likely insane.
Well Harvard Law professor Charles Nesson is using just that argument to defend accused file-shared Joel Tenenbaum. (Record industry lawyers were willing to let Joel off the hook for a settlement of $10,500.)
The blog Arstechnica wrote:
"Nesson claims that Tenenbaum's use of the songs at issue here was "fair use" and thus not an infringement at all. It's a gutsy move to claim that wholesale downloads of complete copyrighted works for no purpose higher than mere enjoyment of music somehow satisfies the famous 'four factor test' for fair use claims, but Nesson believes he can win over a jury."













