Department of Justice Sides with RIAA
The Department of Justice is siding with the RIAA in the matter of whether or not people who engage in filesharing should be forced to pay up–and that includes Jammie Thomas, the woman who has to pay the major labels $220,000 for swapping songs on Kazaa. “The federal copyright statute…has consistently included special provisions to ensure significant monetary awards in copyright infringement suits that will make copyright owners whole and deter further infringement,” the DOJ said in documents filed in Federal court earlier this week. Is it wrong that I still think the fact that “Bills, Bills, Bills” was one of the songs named in the suit is kind of funny? [news.com]
