Obama Sides With RIAA, Supports $150,000 Fine per Music Track

Not that I am a big fan of freely distributed copyrighted material but the fines here seem perhaps a little excessive. Clearly most of the suits will be settled for far less but I did find this highly interesting.

Obama Sides With RIAA, Supports $150,000 Fine per Music Track: "The administration supports fines up to $150,000 per purloined music track. Weighing in for the first time in a Recording Industry Association of America file-sharing case, Obama takes the same position as his predecessor.

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(Via Clippings.)