Will Obama's DOJ Intervene To Help RIAA?

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Cloud, a Pennsylvania case in which the RIAA's statutory damages theory — seeking from 2,200 to 450,000 times the amount of actual damages — is being tested, the US Department of Justice has just filed papers indicating that it is considering intervening in the case to defend the constitutionality of such awards, and requesting an extension of time (PDF) in which to decide whether such intervention 'is appropriate.' This is an early test of whether President Obama will make good on his promises (a) not to allow industry insiders to participate in cases affecting the industry they represented (the 2nd and 3rd highest DOJ officials are RIAA lawyers) and (b) to look out for ordinary citizens rather than big corporations."

Comments

Re:Everyone needs to speak their piece on this

[MobyDisk]

Even better:
Same thing, but secure

Re:Obama == Bush (corporate friend)?

[elrous0]

Yes, I'm sure it has nothing to do with the millions of $ in campaign contributions the movie and music studios gave Obama during the election. I'm also sure that all those no-bid Halliburton military contracts didn't have anything to do with the Vice President being a former CEO and major shareholder of the company. And, of course, I believe that O.J. didn't kill his wife and that Barry Bonds didn't do steroids.