Friday, January 29, 2016

US Commerce Department wants courts to be kinder, gentler to file sharers



A US Department of Commerce task force recommended Thursday that Congress alter the Copyright Act in a bid that likely would reduce financial damages for file sharing copyright scofflaws.


The recommendations from the agency’s Internet Policy Task Force don’t call for doing away with the maximum $150,000 in damages available to rights holders per infringement. But if Congress adopts the task force’s recommendations, it’s doubtful there would be large awards, as one of the recommendations would require juries to…



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US Commerce Department wants courts to be kinder, gentler to file sharers

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