U.S. prison sued for selling pirated CDs of popular artists

According to The Advertiser, Utopia Entertainment, based in Baton Rouge, Louisana, took out the legal action against the Claiborne Parish prison, alleging that the gaol had a list of 330 titles which it would copy for visitors or for inmates.

Utopia had three titles on the prison list, it alleged, and wants $ 150,000 in damages, while other record companies might follow suit, in a manner of speaking.

According to the law case, the money from sales of the CD was put into a welfare fund for inmates.