An opportunity missed to apply ‘fair use’ to file sharing (RIAA Wins $625,000 for 30 songs)

“After he admitted on the stand to downloading and sharing 30
songs — contrary to what he’d claimed in a deposition — a federal
jury found the Boston University graduate liable in August for
copyright infringement and ordered him to pay the labels $675,000.
Today, the U.S. District Court judge who presided over the case,
Nancy Gertner, issued a formal ruling explaining why she had
rejected Tenenbaum’s “fair use” defense…the defense blew it.”

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