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Judge Affirms $675,000 File Sharing Fine
Filed in archive RIAA, MPAA by jeff goldman on December 13, 2009
Judge Affirms $675,000 File Sharing Fine
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U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner has affirmed a $675,000 fine against Joel Tenenbaum for file sharing.


"Federal judge Nancy Gertner today officially brought down the tent on the Joel Tenenbaum P2P Big Top World 'O Fun, all but admitting that she would have given Tenenbaum's arguments about 'fair use' a truly sympathetic hearing were it not for the shoddy behavior of his legal team... Gertner signed off the jury's damage amounts, which means that Sony BMG is entitled to $112,500, Warner Bros. gets $225,000, Arista Records gets $45,000, and Universal picks up $292,500," writes Ars Technica's Nate Anderson.


"Tenenbaum has said he will declare bankruptcy leaving the record labels with nothing if the fine is ruled constitutional on January 5th," writes Afterdawn.com's Andre Yoskowitz.


More here from The Register ... more here from Wired ... and more here from Techdirt.



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