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Comment Civil suits (Score 1) 529

by Segaholic2 on Friday June 22, 2007 @03:06PM (#19612207) Attached to: Lawyer Asks RIAA To Investigate Bush Twins

In cases like this the RIAA files civil lawsuits on behalf of the record labels to seek damages for copyright infringement. The scale of file-sharing exemplified in giving someone a mix CD or whatever probably doesn't fit the definition of "felony copyright infringement."

The association needs some kind of evidence to even begin to file a lawsuit, meaning either logs proving that the twins were sharing copyrighted music from their computers, or maybe the association could steal a copy of President Bush's mix CD to see what's on it.

In any case, under U.S. copyright law, damages sought for copyright infringement in civil suits can range from a minimum $750 up to a maximum $150,000 per copyrighted work.

Judge Deals Blow to RIAA 229

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 20, 2007 @08:27PM from the glad-that's-all-worked-out dept.

jcgam69 writes "A federal judge in New Mexico has put the brakes on the RIAA's lawsuit train, at least in the US District Court for New Mexico. The case in question is part of the RIAA's campaign against file-sharing on college campuses and names "Does 1-16," who allegedly engaged in copyright infringement using the University of New Mexico's network. In a ruling issued last month but disclosed today by file-sharing attorney Ray Beckerman, Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia denied the RIAA's motion to engage in discovery. This means that the RIAA will not be able to easily get subpoenas to obtain identifying information from the University."

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