Judge: 17,000 illegal downloads don't equal 17,000 lost sales - 0 views
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Peter Ruwoldt on 23 Jan 09Record companies cannot collect restitution for every time a song has been illegally downloaded, a US District judge has decided. Judge James P. Jones gave his opinion on United States of America v. Dove, a criminal copyright case, ruling that each illegal download does not necessarily equate to a lost sale, and that the companies affected by P2P piracy cannot make their restitution claims based on this assumption.
