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Comments on news posted 2009-06-25 12:33:04: Last week a jury found P2P user Jamie Thomas guilty of sharing copyrighted music files, with most reasonable individuals finding the $1.9 million jury-awarded penalty ($80,000 per song) incredibly excessive, and perhaps even unconstitutional. ..
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 SiliconBandt
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Winnipeg, MB | sign of the times who don't want the content future to be a "wild west":
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Murdoc
join:2009-02-08
Manitowoc, WI | Wheres the comment button on there blog? Thought a blog was something that can be commented on.
Why is no there contact email address?
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Those who can afford the best lawyers win.
I do not know why Jamie did not get the hint that it would be a good idea to stop allowing access to her music files after receiving notice, or was it simply that she did not know how to block access to the files in question? Is the new rule to allow the RIAA to bill a violator $1.9 Million Dollars for being ignorant of computer technology or just not being very sophisticated? Does this decision mean that if one is accused of music file sharing and their hard drive crashes they are automatically guilty? It has always been my position that these lawsuits could be avoided if the copyright control agencies would be required to give a violator written notice before being allowed to make a demand for payment.