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To: Publius804

If I was on the jury I would have awarded $60. Thats triple damages for each of the twenty $0.99 downloads.


6 posted on 08/01/2009 8:20:11 AM PDT by BigBobber
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To: BigBobber
If I was on the jury I would have awarded $60. Thats triple damages for each of the twenty $0.99 downloads

You're not considering the songs he "shared" or illegally distributed from his computer to others on the file "sharing" network.

7 posted on 08/01/2009 8:22:15 AM PDT by Will88
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If I was on the jury I would have awarded $60. Thats triple damages for each of the twenty $0.99 downloads.

If I was on the jury, I'd have awarded it to him sa compensation for promoting the songs for the record companies.

35 posted on 08/01/2009 11:46:16 AM PDT by zeugma (Will it be nukes or aliens? Time will tell.)
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To: BigBobber

Minimum damages are $750 per infringement. You can’t award $3.


43 posted on 08/03/2009 5:43:13 AM PDT by Publius Valerius
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