Friday 10:06am (3rd July 2009)

$3M for 24 Songs: Cruel and Unusual Punishment?..
CNet reports that Jammie Thomas-Rasset will be appealing the 3M fine on constitutional grounds. "She wants to take the issue up on appeal on the constitutionality of the damages. That's one of the main arguments--that the damages are disproportionate to any actual harm". The fine has seen massive protest against the music industry, with artists such as Moby and Richard Marx (one of the artists whose copyright was infringed) denouncing the judgment.