Landmark copyright infringement cases

[jes]

Landmark copyright infringement cases

Some major copyright infringement cases since 1984

 

[ponder]

Capitol Records Inc. et al v. Thomas-Rasset (2012)

A U.S. Court of Appeals reinstated a $222,000 jury verdict against Jammie Thomas-Rasset, rejecting her arguments that the damages award was excessive and violated her due process rights under the U.S. Constitution.

Thomas-Rasset was one of 18,000 individuals sued by the Recording Industry Association of America between 2003 and 2008 in a legal assault meant to discourage people from illegally downloading songs from sites like Kazaa.

The decision addressed the music industry’s ability to use the Copyright Act to pursue individuals who illegally download music from the Internet. The law allows copyright owners to recover damages between $750 and $150,000 per infringed work.

That's just screwed up, you can't take it seriously. Whatever happened to the scales of justice...

 

[Easter Bunny]

she can make the money back by copying movies and selling them outside spar.