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.'"

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There are always ways

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Tenenbaum is just entering the job market and can't pay the penalty

Surely he has organs he could sell.

Re:The Supremely Stupid Court

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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 ???