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March 22, 2009

Obama sides with the RIAA...

Recording Industry vs. The People | Read Full Story >

In its first opportunity to demonstrate its position on the constitutionality of the Copyright Act’s statutory damages provisions as applied to mp3 files having a market value of 99 cents or less, the Obama Justice Department—staffed by RIAA lawyers in its 2nd and 3rd highest positions—has filed a motion for intervention and brief in SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum which attempts to support the RIAA‘s statutory damages theory.


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#1 wheatus says:

Wow...read that whole thing....This may be an attempt to expedite the downfall of the Major Labels because only 2 things can result from this:...the courts will shut this down or they won't. If they don't then people will become scared to death of downloading music, legal or otherwise...All the Public needs is one USA Today headline that reads, Ohio Single Mother of 2 Bankrupted by SonyBMG For 10 Year Olds Download Of Jonas Brothers....


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