Columbo Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Court won't reduce student's music download fine By DENISE LAVOIE, AP Legal Affairs Writer – May 21, 2012 BOSTON (AP) — A former Boston University student who was ordered to pay $675,000 for illegally downloading and sharing 30 songs on the Internet says he will continue fighting the penalty, despite the Supreme Court's refusal Monday to hear his appeal. Joel Tenenbaum, 28, of Providence, R.I., said he's hoping a federal judge will reduce the amount. "I can't believe the system would uphold a six-figure damages amount for downloading 30 songs on a file-sharing system that everybody used," Tenenbaum said. "I can't believe the court would uphold something that ludicrous." A jury in 2009 ordered Tenenbaum to pay $675,000, or $22,500 per song, after the Recording Industry Association of America sued him on behalf of four record labels, including Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Warner Brothers Records Inc. ... Tenenbaum argued that the U.S. Copyright Act is unconstitutional and that Congress did not intend the law to impose liability or damages when the copyright infringements amount to "consumer copying." During the trial, Tenenbaum admitted he downloaded and shared hundreds of songs by Green Day, Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins and others. His lawyer suggested the damages should be as little as 99 cents per song, about the same amount Tenenbaum would have to pay for a legal online song purchase. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiDeN Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 I purchase albums that I like, but I always test the waters by downloading first. http://www.grooveshark.com is a good alternative to illegal downloading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underrated Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 It looks like they are trying to make an example out of some people to scare others off in order to help the music industry. However this is clearly ludicrious and everyone knows it. Poor people who have their lives ruined because they end up as the examples. It just seems to corrupt that some penalties for serious crimes are so low and other penalties for stuff like this are huge. You wanna know why? It's always about money for the big corporations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Ambien Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Good luck ever getting that amount, dip****s. There's an obvious PR campaign, it's: "Fear our ridiculous copyright nonsense or we'll financially screw you for life. Oh, and don't look to the government to save you, they work for us." This is all part of their greater scheme of changing people's mindset about copyright ever since the **AA's couldn't extensively control their medium of distribution convincing people copying VHS, cassette tapes, and CDs were wrong. Instead, change of plan.. for the better of two decades now they spent money marketing the guilt trip (commercials, during film previews, etc.), and bought favourable legislation, resulting in what you see today. Some of us saw it coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*VaNcOuVeRCaNuCkS* Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 lol at the justice system they sure have their priorities straight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Download and share 30 songs = $675,000 Slam a guy's head into the glass during the playoffs = $2,500 Seems about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sularetal Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Download and share 30 songs = $675,000 Slam a guy's head into the glass during the playoffs = $2,500 Seems about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brahma Bull Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Very possible that this is the worst comparison on CDC in the last 10 years. Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argon Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 if you want more people to buy your music, especially online, then come up with a reasonable way to do it. make it a secure endorsed site that I can trust, and not have it an exclusive download (aka Apple's monopoly: download off iTunes, gotta have an iPod/iPhone/iPad/iCloud/etc. in order to listen to it) or DRM controlled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DollarAndADream Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 30 songs? There are people who share thousands of downloaded songs on the internet. That would be quite a hefty price to pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electro Rock Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Paging Anonymous... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logic Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:D Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Boycott Courts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armada Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Priorities in our society Very possible that this is the worst comparison on CDC in the last 10 years. Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Man Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Very possible that this is the worst comparison on CDC in the last 10 years. Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:D Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 You maroons, read the name backwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Well, maybe people should purchase instead of stealing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Evil Twin Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Well, maybe people should purchase instead of stealing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Copyright infringement is not theft. http://torrentfreak....t-theft-111104/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Evil Twin Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Sorry, let me re-phrase it. People should probably just purchase their items, then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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