Comments on: The RIAA ghouls smelled blood

By: J. L. Lee

J. L. Lee — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 10:07:41 +0000

The only way to deal with RIAA is to hnt them down and KILL THEM. A few hacked up bodies on hollywood streets might give them the message!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:24:24 +0000

There was no real defence. They called no expert witnesses, made no real case, they practicaly threw the thing away. Which is the only reason the RIAA proceeded with a jury trial, because they knew that the oposition were incapable of defending themselves due to the defence atorneys gross incompetence.

There would be no point in handing over cash to this woman unless she acutally has a lawyer with a clue for her appeal.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:59:10 +0000

One aspect of the case that I found interesting that hasn’t been commented on is an equal protection issue. The SC has ruled that punative damages must be in proportion to economic damages or else those punative damages are unconstitutional. By anaology, it seems to me that the economic damages in this case is the $24 and the punative damages are the 220K. If so, these damages alone are unconstitutional and using the SC own guidelines should be $240 or so. It seems very odd that when consumers sue corportations they are limited in the punative damages they recover but when corporations sue individuals there is no such limit.

Not a lawyer, just curious…