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: Recording Industry vs The PeopleDOJ letter to Congress seems to contradict DOJ briefs in SONY v. Cloud & SONY v. Tenenbaum
By Ty Rogers and Ray Beckerman
On September 23, 2008, the US Department of Justice wrote a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, saying that "statutory damages ... are similar to punitive damages".
In March, 2009, the US Department of Justice filed at least 2 briefs of which we are aware, one in SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Cloud, the other in SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum, arguing that statutory damages are not like punitive damages.
September 23, 2008, letter of US Dept of Justice to Senate Judiciary Committee
"Obama's Justice Department intervenes on side of RIAA in SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum"
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Full post as published by Recording Industry vs The People on April 02, 2009 (boomark / email).
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