
Judgement for Downloading Songs
Attorney David Allen comments on a case involving Boston University graduate student, Joel Tenenbaum. A jury found him liable for downloading and distributing 30 songs from the Internet. It voted in favor of a judgment against him for $675,000. The trial judge reduced the judgment to $67,500. The record companies that brought the action against the 25-year-old student appealed the reduction in the verdict. The First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on the judge's action.