Judge Finalizes $675,000 RIAA Piracy Verdict, Won’t Gag Defendant
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A federal judge on Monday finalized a $675,000 jury verdict against the nation’s second individual file sharer to go to trial against the Recording Industry Association of America. U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner, who presided over this summer’s Joel Tenenbaum case , also issued an injunction preventing the 25-year-old Boston University student from file sharing. While Gertner said an injunction…
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The nation’s second file sharing defendant to challenge the Recording Industry Association of America at trial is asking the court for a retrial, or to reduce the $675,000 verdict the jury levied for infringing 30 songs. Among other claims, lawyers for defendant Joel Tenenbaum asserted Monday this summer’s verdict was unconstitutionally...
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