Jim Ream is a freshman at Woise State.Jim is a computer whiz and has found a way to download movies from DVDs and then transfer the files to others."But,Jim," you tell him,"that Grokster thing made all that illegal." Jim responds,"That was music,this is movies.Completely different.No legal problems." Jim:
A)is correct because federal law does not apply to movies.
B)is correct because the precedent can be distinguished.
C)is incorrect because there is an infringement issue and Napster is precedent.
D)Both a and b

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Jim's assertion that downloading and transferring movies is legal because it is different from music is incorrect. There is still an infringement issue with movies, and the precedent set by Napster applies to both music and movies.

Jim Ream Is a Freshman at Woise State