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which her late husband had purchased at a department store, for 9.95 euros, or roughly $11.20. The illicit disc was removed

The excerpt said it was "bootleg" but also seemingly purchased legitimately at a department store. What exactly makes it illicit?

13 posted on 12/23/2021 2:08:30 PM PST by PGR88
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/eric-claptons-management-sort-of-regrets-suing-german-widow-over-attempted-dollar11-bootleg-cd-sale/ar-AAS4JZv had "who apparently hadn’t realized she was breaking the law by putting the illicit concert CD up for sale ". It looks like it was a concert bootleg the husband had bought and she was trying to resell.

I have a few concert CDs which are probably bootlegs like that. I'll have to remember to not sell them in Germany.

16 posted on 12/23/2021 2:20:35 PM PST by KarlInOhio (I stand behind Alec Baldwin. It is far too dangerous to stand in front of him.)
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To: PGR88
" The excerpt said it was "bootleg" but also seemingly purchased legitimately at a department store. What exactly makes it illicit?"

Even if you buy a stolen car at a legit site and try to sell it later, then you are be charged with selling stolen property. And the women had responded with defiance and hot lawyers involved:

Lawyers in Germany had sent a letter to the woman about the listing, and she had replied: “I object and ask you not to harass or contact me any further. Feel free to file a lawsuit if you insist on the demands." An injunction was filed and the court found in the 'Wonderful Tonight' hitmaker's favour, with the woman then appealing the verdict, stating she had removed the listing after one day and that her late husband had originally bought the CD in 197 at a popular German department store. Gabriele lost her appeal, with the judge insisting it was irrelevant she didn't buy the CD herself. The court ordered her to pay both parties' legal fees, which totalled £2,889 and warned her that if she continued to list the disc for sale, under German copyright law she could be fined up to £212, 353 or jailed for six months. - https://www.kilgorenewsherald.com/eric-clapton-successfully-sues-over-bootleg-cd/article_2027f464-1a21-5e72-bcb3-ed10c86ce656.html

I myself would not sell such music.

45 posted on 12/24/2021 4:43:43 AM PST by daniel1212 ( Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save + be baptized + follow Him!)
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