RIAA Workaround:
Question. Say you are subpoenaed for music downloading by the RIAA or the CRIA. What’s to stop you from going out, buying a stack of music (more or less what you had downloaded), and then make like you had bought the music as a result of ‘sampling’ it, or were just a kooky guy who owned the music already and like spending time on p2p networks for fun (ostensibly prior to learning of any sort of action against you)? How would it look if they took you to court and branded you a dirty scoundrel, only to have you direct the judge’s attention to the cache of CDs in the trunk of your car.
How can they prove you didn’t actually have that music at the time you downloaded it? Or is it just illegal to download regardless of whether you already have it in a paid-for version?
