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Jul 13, 2010 by News Gatherer
U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner in error by both parties in the case – Joel Tenenbaum and the Recording Industry Association of America – when he crossed the price of $ 675,000, a federal jury had awarded. Tenenbaum and lawyers for the RIAA in the list may appeal the decision of Judge Gertner. In a 62 page decision, United States
The reduction followed a path similar to a separate case in which the copying of music online, that Jammie Thomas Rasset seen near a fine of $ 2,000,000 reduced to $ 54,000 a federal judge in Minnesota.
"Jury Prize in this case is also notable because of the damage usually imposed on restaurants, bars and other activities that play copyrighted songs in their establishments without having to first acquire the appropriate licenses, wrote. "I I can not imagine a plausible justification for the difference between the level of damage in cases of pubic benefits and compensation in this case," Judge Gertner said. "The disparity strongly suggests that the jury's decision $ 675,000 is clearly arbitrary and unreasonable "..
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