A jury ordered Joel Tenenbaum to pay $US22,500 per song that he was found guilty of sharing
A Boston student has been ordered to pay $US675,000 to the recording industry for illegal file-sharing, according to reports Friday.
Student slapped with $22,500 fine for each of 30 songs he admitted to illegally downloading
In another big victory for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) a federal jury has fined Boston University student Joel Tenenbaum $675,000 for illegally downloading and distributing 30 copyrighted songs.
Boston University doctoral student Joel Tennenbaum is being sued by the RIAA for sharing 30 songs through the Kazaa peer-to-peer filesharing application
The Recording Industry Association of America may have decided not to pursue further file-sharing trials as a policy, but one last case is set to get underway today and promises to bring a dash of the theatrical into the courtroom.
Retrial of Jammie Thomas-Rasset ends with massive fine imposed on her
The massive $US1.9 million fine imposed by a US federal jury in the retrial of a woman accused of pirating 24 songs may could end up hurting the Recording Industry Association of America's anti-piracy campaign more than anything else, a leading copyright lawyer said.
In an earlier trial, the defendant was ordered to pay just a fraction of the new judgment
A single mother who won a retrial after a US$220,000 verdict against her for sharing music files has now been ordered to pay $1.92 million by a jury in Minnesota.
Argues that fines are "grossly excessive".
A Harvard law professor has opened a new front in the battle between the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and alleged music pirates by challenging the constitutionality of a statute being used by the industry group to bring lawsuits against alleged copyright violators.
I bought it, I own it, I can do what I want with it. Right? Wrong according to US judge.
More bad news for fans of the "I bought it, I own it, I can do what I want with it" approach to living.
What's the recording industry up to now? Trying to silence one of its fiercest critics. Cringely has the scoop on yet more dirty deeds by the RIAA.
Most sane humans would greet a law suit from the RIAA the way you'd welcome a surprise audit from the IRS. Not Ray Beckerman. He says, "Bring it on, bubba."