US Dept. of Justice May Intervene To Help RIAA

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday July 31, 2007 @05:57AM from the big-guns-in-the-wings dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In a Corpus Christi, Texas, case, Atlantic v. Boggs, where the defendant interposed a counterclaim alleging that the RIAA's $750-per-song file damages theory is unconstitutional, and the RIAA moved to dismiss the counterclaim, the US Department of Justice has sought and obtained an extension of time in which to decide whether to intervene in the case on the side of the RIAA. What probably precipitated the issue is that the constitutional question was raised not just as a defense as it was in UMG v. Lindor, but as a counterclaim, thus prompting a dismissal motion by the RIAA."

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VS... by Anonymous Coward · 2007-07-31 05:58 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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Re:How is $750 per song unconstitutional? by Dr+Kool,+PhD · 2007-07-31 06:28 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Remember that you're dealing with the same judiciary that interpreted "The Congress shall have Power ...To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes" to mean "a state cannot outlaw abortion".

"Constitutional" no longer has anything to do with what is actually in the Constitution.