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$.70 a Song

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Joel Tenenbaum, BU’s own music pirate found liable last summer for copyright infringement in a case that attracted considerable media attention, is in the news again.  A federal court jury ordered Tenenbaum to pay $675,000 in damages to copyright holders for downloading 30 songs.  That’s $22,500 a song.   Tenenbaum’s pro bono lawyer Charlie Nesson [...]

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Treaty Draft Makes ISPs Liable for Illegal Content

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

PC World reports that a draft treaty leaked from the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement talks would make ISPs liable for civil damages for user-generated uploads and downloads of copyrighted content.  According to PC World, the draft treaty would require ISPs to take affirmative steps, such as terminating violators’ accounts, to avoid being liable for their users’ [...]

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Copyright Enforcement Run Amok

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Apology for singing shop worker:  The agency responsible for collecting copyright royalties in Scotland warned Sandra Burt, a food-store employee, to stop singing while she worked or face thousands of pounds in fines.  First the Performing Rights Society notified the store it must have a license “to play a radio within earshot of customers.”  The [...]

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More on the Tenenbaum Judgment

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Admired in Class, a Scholar Falters in Court covers the response to Charlie Nesson’s handling of the Tenenbaum file-sharing trial.  A sample:
It was a stinging defeat for Professor Nesson, and to many in the legal community, it seemed to be a moment when an eccentric scholar’s devotion to a soaring vision blinded him to the [...]

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More on Tenenbaum

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Here’s a link to the BU Today article about last week’s $675k judgment in the RIAA file-sharing case. Joel Tenenbaum’s Big Day in Court | BU Today

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RIAA Wins

Friday, June 19, 2009

Minnesota music file-sharing defendant Jammie Thomas-Rasset yesterday completed her new copyright infringement trial.  Unfortunately the result was about eight times worse than October 2007’s trial, in which a jury found her liable and awarded the RIAA damages of about $240k.  This time the jury found her liable for infringing 24 song copyrights and awarded the [...]

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Pirate Bay on Trial

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Torrent clearing-house Pirate Bay is on trial in Sweden for copyright theft.  If convicted its owners could be imprisoned for up to two years and fined $145k. The plaintiffs, producers of movies, music, and video games, are also seeking over 10 million Euros in damages.  Pirate Bay’s defense is that it does not host any [...]

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