Obama Sides With RIAA, Supports $150,000 Fine per Music Track

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: No-Name <labmanager () gmail com>
Date: March 26, 2009 8:06:56 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Obama Sides With RIAA, Supports $150,000 Fine per Music Track

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/03/obama-sides-wit.html


"The Obama administration for the first time is weighing in on a  
Recording Industry Association of America file sharing lawsuit and is  
supporting hefty awards of as much as $150,000 per purloined music  
track.
The government said the damages range of $750 to $150,000 per  
violation of the Copyright Act was warranted.

"The remedy of statutory damages for copyright infringement has been  
the cornerstone of our federal copyright law since 1790, and Congress  
acted reasonably in crafting the current incarnation of the statutory  
damages provision," Michelle Bennett, a Department of Justice trial  
attorney wrote (.pdf) Sunday to a Massachusetts federal judge weighing  
challenge to the Copyright Act."








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