Topic: $22,500 for each Pirated Song, The Supreme Court butthurts Student; $675,000 penalty
Anonymous A started this discussion 14 years ago #19,646
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/court-reduce-students-music-download-fine-16395659The Supreme Court has refused to take up a Boston University student's constitutional challenge to a $675,000 penalty for illegally downloading 30 songs and sharing them on the Internet.
The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Joel Tenenbaum, of Providence, R.I., who was successfully sued by the Recording Industry Association of America for illegally sharing music on peer-to-peer networks. In 2009, a jury ordered Tenenbaum to pay $675,000, or $22,500 for each song he illegally downloaded and shared.
A federal judge called that unconstitutionally excessive, but the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston reinstated the penalty at the request of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Brothers Records Inc. and other record labels represented by the RIAA.
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #322,118
lol lrn2vpn.
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 9 hours later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #322,207
I can't wait for those companies to die off.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 26 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #322,223
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squeegee !firstkPE1Q joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 2 hours later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #322,283
@previous (brainwurms !!gbU9At49F)
no need, i stopped buying music 10 years ago. or more, who can remember.
anyway, it's idiots buying justin beiber and selena gomez albums that keep those businesses going.
if you want to kill them, kill their customer base: Squared.
no need, i stopped buying music 10 years ago. or more, who can remember.
anyway, it's idiots buying justin beiber and selena gomez albums that keep those businesses going.
if you want to kill them, kill their customer base: Squared.
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 hour later, 23 hours after the original post[^] [v] #322,292
@previous (squeegee !firstkPE1Q)
I think its time for a cleansing of the human race. Let's get rid of those pions and the corporations they support! Who's with me?!
I think its time for a cleansing of the human race. Let's get rid of those pions and the corporations they support! Who's with me?!
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 18 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #322,293
UPDATE as I read more and as news sources pick up story.
t gets worse as I read more about this fool.
Joel Tenenbaum, 28, of Providence, R.I., said he's hoping a federal judge will reduce the amount.
"I can't believe the system would uphold a six-figure damages amount for downloading 30 songs on a file-sharing system that everybody used," Tenenbaum said. "I can't believe the court would uphold something that ludicrous."
Tenenbaum, just graduated Sunday with a PhD in statistical physics.
Tenenbaum argued that the U.S. Copyright Act is unconstitutional and that Congress did not intend the law to impose liability or damages when the copyright infringements amount to "consumer copying."
SO US Super Court rejects such silly arguments. Tenenbaum may have a Dr. Degree in Physics yet the fool did not know how to calculate the odds on win-lose.
No doubt a court will reduce the amount he has to pay one day. No doubt the attorney fees and whatever he pays, will eat up $$$ for the rest of his life.
t gets worse as I read more about this fool.
Joel Tenenbaum, 28, of Providence, R.I., said he's hoping a federal judge will reduce the amount.
"I can't believe the system would uphold a six-figure damages amount for downloading 30 songs on a file-sharing system that everybody used," Tenenbaum said. "I can't believe the court would uphold something that ludicrous."
Tenenbaum, just graduated Sunday with a PhD in statistical physics.
Tenenbaum argued that the U.S. Copyright Act is unconstitutional and that Congress did not intend the law to impose liability or damages when the copyright infringements amount to "consumer copying."
SO US Super Court rejects such silly arguments. Tenenbaum may have a Dr. Degree in Physics yet the fool did not know how to calculate the odds on win-lose.
No doubt a court will reduce the amount he has to pay one day. No doubt the attorney fees and whatever he pays, will eat up $$$ for the rest of his life.