Judge reduces music file sharer penalty by 90%

Remember the story about the Boston University student who was hit with a whopping $675K penalty for filesharing some of his music online?  Well a district court judge overruled the jury that the penalty was “unconstitutional” and decreased it by 10 fold!  That is a striking victory, of sorts.  Tenenbaum says he still can’t pay the . . . → Read More: Judge reduces music file sharer penalty by 90%

Student vs. RIAA? $675,000 in damages!

Oh my, Boston grad student Joel Tenenbaum lost his case against the RIAA.  He was accused of downloading and sharing hundreds of tracks, but the case had focused on just 30.  Of those 30, the jury agreed with the RIAA that Tenenbaum caused substantial damages and loss.  But $675,000???  That’s sounds ludicrous.  There’s no way he . . . → Read More: Student vs. RIAA? $675,000 in damages!