Copyright Law

Jury instructions in SONY v. Tenenbaum

By Ty Rogers and Ray Beckerman

In SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum the jury instructions have been filed.

The jury was instructed that they could award from $750 to $150,000 per "act of infringement" (not per work as the law requires). The jury was given no guidance as to what would constitute an infringement of the "distribution" right.

Jury instructions

[Ed. note. This trial was a complete waste. The jury is being instructed to return a huge verdict, and it appears that none of the actual issues which were inherent in this case have even been touched upon. Very sad. -R.B.]

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Full post as published by Recording Industry vs The People on July 31, 2009 (boomark / email).