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The Department of Justice has ruled that the RIAA's $1,920,000 P2P copyright damages against Jammie Thomas-Rasset are OK, and it's perfectly constitutional to award $80,000 per MP3 song. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers get on their high-horses, wondering which planet the Obama administration is on.

By Richi Jennings. August 17, 2009.

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The RIAA has won a $675,000 fine in Joel Tenenbaum's MP3 P2P copyright lawsuit. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers debate this latest copyright curve-ball, wondering if $22,500 per song is excessive.

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Four record labels and the RIAA are suing a student, Joel Tenenbaum, for $4,500,000, alleging illegal file sharing. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers contemplate the second such case to reach trial, courtesy of Arista, Sony, UMG, and Warner.

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The RIAA acknowledged that mass lawsuits failed to stop the tide of piracy - and severely damaged the industry's public image. So why is it still pursuing the Thomas-Rasset case?

Usenet.com has lost its copyright lawsuit vs. the RIAA over MP3 filesharing. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers debate the latest battle in the copyright war and the legal nicities of the Betamax Defense.

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The RIAA and Capitol Records have been awarded $1.92 million damages from Jammie Thomas-Rasset. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers marvel at how 24 songs can cost $80,000 each.

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In today's podcast: RIAA decides to stop piracy lawsuits; Qimonda gets bailout package; and Lenovo offers laptop with two screens.
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The RIAA today announced it is giving up on suing individual users for distributing music over the Internet. Although they will still serve notice to ISPs which have customers who are big offenders, they have effectively given up on trying to put up walls around music.

The Recording Industry move is a tacit acknowledgment that the business landscape has permanently changed and that it can't sue it's problems out of existence.

What do retired billionaires, supermodels, search engines, supervillains, energy drinks, whacked-out actors and fried breakfast pastries have in common? They're some of the things I'm thankful for this year.

Your tax dollars are not only saving billionaire bankers from their own bad habits, they're also helping to bail out the recording industry. Does the RIAA really truly need our help? I don't think so.

Wireless music systems can bring your tunes to every room. But they're hardly created equal.

The PRO IP Act is like a parting gift to Hollywood from Congress. It could have been much worse -- but it should have been much better.

In Monday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings listens to the music industry's latest wheeze to sell us their choonz: a drm-free album on a microSD card for under $10. Not to mention a "clbuttic" mistake...

Arik Hesseldahl gets the party started: