Bootleg Records

A man made and sold bootleg records of a well-known singer. The recordings came from studio out-takes, concerts and TV appearances that had never been released. He had the records pressed and shipped hundreds of packages a week to other states. He had no licence and paid no royalties. Among other charges, prosecutors charged him under a law against transporting "stolen, converted or taken by fraud" goods across state lines. He says the records were his own property; what he took, at most, was the right to copy.