Judge Finalizes $675,000 RIAA Piracy Verdict, Won’t Gag Defendant

December 7th, 2009 admin

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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