Obama Supports $675K File Sharing Verdict

The Obama administration is backing $675,000 in damages a Massachusetts student must pay the Recording Industry Association of America for file sharing 30 songs. The Justice Department, where President Barack Obama has tapped five former RIAA lawyers to serve , said copyright infringement “creates a public harm that Congress determined must be deterred.” The administration’s court filing Tuesday is the latest in the case of Joel Tenenbaum, a Boston University graduate student who was the nation’s second defendant to go to trial against the RIAA on file sharing charges. Most of the 30,000 civil cases the music industry has brought have…
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7 Crimes That Will Get You a Smaller Fine than File-Sharing
[Music]In response to the recent sentences against illegal downloaders for millions of dollars, here are seven crimes that will cost you less than downloading songs off BitTorrent.
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Radiohead to Testify Against the RIAA
[Music]Radiohead, the band that made millions of dollars by giving away their music for free, has very little to complain about when it comes to piracy. On the contrary, in a landmark file-sharing case, Radiohead has responded positively to a request to testify against the RIAA.
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File Sharing is not Piracy - Another Handy Guide
[Comedy]It's all clear to me now!
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Biden dislikes File Sharing, Net Neutrality and Encryption!!
[Political Opinion]Maybe you don't care about the doings in Washington, but you may want to know that Biden considers a lot of what you do care about criminal activity.
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Woman Defeats RIAA in Lawsuit, Wins $108K Legal Fees
[Tech Industry News]A federal judge is awarding Tanya Andersen, who defeated the Recording Industry Association of America's file sharing lawsuit, $108,000 in legal fees to compensate for defending herself against the RIAA. This marks the second time that a target of the RIAA who beat a lawsuit was awarded attorney's fees.





























