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SCOTUS Refuses To Hear Tenenbaum Appeal
quantr writes "The Supreme Court has declined to hear Joel Tenenbaum's appeal. A jury in 2009 ordered Tenenbaum, of Providence, R.I., to pay $675,000 for illegally downloading and sharing 30 songs. A federal judge called the penalty constitutionally excessive, but the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated it at the request of the Recording Industry Association of America. Tenenbaum's attorney, Harvard law professor Charles Nesson, said he's disappointed the high court won't hear the case. But he said the 1st Circuit instructed a judge to consider reducing the award without deciding any constitutional challenge. Nesson said 'Tenenbaum is just entering the job market and can't pay the penalty.'"
Yes, lots of other G7 countries where the same RIAA/MPAA companies and their subsidiaries also exist.
There, fixed that for y- wait, nevermind....
Tenenbaum is just entering the job market and can't pay the penalty
Surely he has organs he could sell.
Lacking <sarcasm> tags,
No, its called bribery. I know you were joking but these people are screwing all of us over money & power.
Geez, you make it sound as if there's something wrong about using vast amounts of wealth to rule a nation by proxy...
An enigma, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded in bacon and cheese
Certainly, congressman, you can think of a better reelection slogan than that.
I think the difference happens when, after years of struggling to pay for basic amenities while having all his income siphoned away, he finally decides to spend what little money he has on a rental car, a crowbar, a gun, and a map with the locations of every RIAA exec's house.
I'm now going to use that line as my own. Thank you, kind sir.
So you are just going to take it, and use it as your own eh...
Would you also take his CAR ???