RIAA Awarded $675,000 In Tenenbaum Trial 492
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The jury awarded the record company plaintiffs $675,000 in the Boston trial defended by Prof. Charles Nesson, SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum. I was not surprised, since exactly none of the central issues ever even came up in this trial. The judge had instructed the jurors that Mr. Tenenbaum was liable, and that their only task was to come up with a verdict that was more than $22,500 and less than $4.5 million. According to the judge, her reason for doing so was that, when on the stand, the defendant was asked if he admitted liability, and he said 'yes.' The lawyers among you will know that that was a totally improper question, and that the Court should not have even allowed it, much less based her holding upon the answer to it."
$650,000? (Score:1, Funny)
Hmm... that must have been a real big torrent, this guy downloaded, because I haven't seen music worth any money for years.
Anyone got a link to the file(s) he downloaded? Now I'm curious!
Re:Is this the year of clowns? (Score:5, Funny)
Its the RIAA, I'm certain they'd accept the child, they have to feed their lawyers after all you know.
Re:bankrupt then what? (Score:1, Funny)
Have you ever been to a Department of Motor Vehicles or Social Security office in the US? If so do you REALLY think it would be a good idea having an agency like that running a health care system? I think I'd sooner remove my own appendix with a dull spoon.
Re:bankrupt then what? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Give it up, NYCL (Score:1, Funny)
File-sharing. A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about downloading a song through iTunes?
Re:Why was it improper? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Here's the best part of the Ars article... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Yes what people need to remember (Score:2, Funny)
Apply for political asylum by jumping into a Chinese Embassy.
Re:Lessons Learned (Score:2, Funny)
I thought the lesson was to actually use itunes?