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Stephanie Wynn

Boston judge cuts penalty in song-sharing case - Monday, July 12, 2010 | 12:22 a.m. - L... - 0 views

www.lasvegassun.com/...s-penalty-in-song-sharing-case

shared by Stephanie Wynn on 12 Jul 10 - Cached
  • $2,000 per song still seems ridiculous in light of the fact that you can buy them for 99 cents on iTunes
  • A federal judge on Friday drastically trimmed a $675,000 verdict against a Boston University graduate student who was found liable for illegally downloading and sharing 30 songs online
  • cut the damage award to $67,500
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  • the new the amount "not only adequately compensates the plaintiffs for the relatively minor harm that Tenenbaum caused them; it sends a strong message that those who exploit peer-to-peer networks to unlawfully download and distribute copyrighted works run the risk of incurring substantial damages awards
Helen Nam

RIAA paid $16M in legal fees to sue pirates; recovered only $391K - 0 views

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music piracy lawsuits

shared by Helen Nam on 15 Jul 10 - Cached
  • Helen Nam on 15 Jul 10
     
    Althought RIAA has mostly ceased its method of suing people who download music illegally, it has been at tremendous cost -- financially and in PR.
courtney reyers

Enterprise-level Publishing Industry Drupal Site: In-Fisherman.com | drupal.org - 0 views

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copyright filesharing internet web p2p illegal

shared by courtney reyers on 29 Jun 09 - Cached
  • courtney reyers on 29 Jun 09
     
    i hope i'm not violating copyright myself...
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