tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post116319972151059757..comments2024-03-23T13:09:54.464-04:00Comments on EXCESS COPYRIGHT: Constitutional Challenge to RIAA's statutory damage claims...Howard Knopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18321190334597129416noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post-1163346968219897352006-11-12T10:56:00.000-05:002006-11-12T10:56:00.000-05:00Well, Howard, as you know we're still a long way f...Well, Howard, as you know we're still a long way from winning on the defense. We will have to prove our case at the trial. (And the RIAA will somehow have to justify penalizing a home health aide, who's never even used a computer, at the rate of $750 per song, for file sharing which she didn't even know was taking place, if indeed it did take place. Are they going to be able to prove, to the satisfaction of a jury of her peers, their allegation that she is a "distributor"?)<BR/><BR/>The next step is for the RIAA to turn over to us "all relevant documents" concerning its pricing of downloads, and then to produce a witness to testify by telephone on that subject. (Note that I used the word "its" rather than "their", and that witness is in the singular. Theoretically, each record company should have different prices, since theoretically they are competitors. But I wonder whether that is so.)raybeckermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11063235302436280455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post-1163346885279745772006-11-12T10:54:00.000-05:002006-11-12T10:54:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.raybeckermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11063235302436280455noreply@blogger.com