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Constitutionality of RIAA Damages Challenged
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| In SONY BMG Music Entertainment v.
| Tenenbaum, defendant has filed a motion
| for new trial, attacking, among other
| things, the constitutionality of the
| jury's $675,000 award as being violative
| of due process.
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http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/01/04/195208/Constitutionality-of-RIAA-Damages-Challenged
Did File-Sharing Make Wolverine a Hit?
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| Accept No Substitutes: The Pirated Version
| of "Woverine" is Not Nearly as Good There
| is a mind-blowing cover story by Jonah
| Lehrer in the January 2010 issue of Wired
| that suggests that scientists, instead of
| being neutral observers searching for
| objective âtruth,â actually begin do
| experiments to prove that their
| preconceptions are right. When they find
| contrary evidence, they either ignore it,
| or figure their equipment or methodology
| is faulty. To paraphrase Paul Simon in
| âThe Boxer,â they see what they want to
| see and disregard the rest.
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http://speedcine.com/blog/post/2010/01/03/Did-File-Sharing-Make-Wolverine-a-Hit.aspx
Recent:
Biden Convenes 'Piracy Summit' That Appears To Be Entirely One-Sided
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| Notice that there aren't any consumer rights
| representatives. No one from technology
| companies. No one representing a viewpoint
| from outside of these industries of how they
| might be abusing claims of "piracy" to prop
| up obsolete business models. Instead, it's
| just the echo chamber. The same folks who
| have been misleading politicians for ages.
| And, of course, whenever you get a summit
| like this, expect some sort of misguided
| "action" to follow. Update: Public Knowledge
| has put out a statement, noting how one-
| sided this gathering is, and questioning why
| politicians are attending what appears to be
| an industry gathering on how to prop up a
| business model. Update 2: In the press
| release (pdf) about this, Biden's office has
| the gall to claim this "will bring together
| all of the stakeholders." Ha! It's 100%
| entertainment industry interests. No tech.
| No consumer advocates. No ISPs. This is a
| complete joke. Update 3: This just gets more
| and more ridiculous. Reporter Ryan Reilly
| was covering the "summit," posting the
| seating chart and quoting Biden as saying
| that "piracy" is "flat unadulterated theft"
| but it looks like Reilly has now been kicked
| out of the summit. Openness and transparency
| apparently doesn't apply when it involves
| propping up one small industry's obsolete
| business model.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20091215/0200387354.shtml
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