Re: "CD manufacturers were sued, and lost..."

On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, Charles McGarry <cmcgarry[_at_]ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 01 Sep 1998, Carol Shepherd <shepherd[_at_]arborlaw.com> wrote:
> >
> > According to a report from PRI (Public Radio International) this
> > morning, "CD manufacturers" "were sued" and are now requiring
> > producers to provide verification of copyright license or ownership.
> >
> > Anyone know which cases they're talking about?
>
> From my experience, it is now common practice for manufacturerers
> to require such proof. Their fear is liability for contributory
> infringement.

Why "contributory"? If the manufacturer is doing the reproduction, that sounds like direct infringement to me.

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