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Originally Posted by Shaggy
Yeah, tell that to Jammie Thomas.  |
That's the case I was thinking of. I'm not sure any sane person can say, "this woman did ~$2million in damages to the RIAA."
Rulings like that will promote the idea that hey, it's legally better to steal physical discs... obviously, the law thinks that's less egregious than making a copy. For that matter, breaking into the recording studio and destroying the master recordings is likely less egregious than sending a copy of an MP3 through email.
This is... not a message I want promoted.
I'm very glad she's challenging the rulings on constitutional grounds. $2mil for copying certainly seems "cruel and unusual" to me, especially as the copyright owners don't seem able to prove any actual lost sales as a result of the copies.