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: Recording Industry vs The People

DOJ letter to Congress seems to contradict DOJ briefs in SONY v. Cloud & SONY v. Tenenbaum

By Ty Rogers and Ray Beckerman

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On September 23, 2008, the US Department of Justice wrote a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, saying that "statutory damages ... are similar to punitive damages".

In March, 2009, the US Department of Justice filed at least 2 briefs of which we are aware, one in SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Cloud, the other in SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum, arguing that statutory damages are not like punitive damages.

September 23, 2008, letter of US Dept of Justice to Senate Judiciary Committee

"Obama DOJ files similar brief defending RIAA statutory damages theory, this time in SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Cloud"

"Obama's Justice Department intervenes on side of RIAA in SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum"

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Full post as published by Recording Industry vs The People on April 02, 2009 (boomark / email).

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