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Copy a CD, owe $1.5 million under “gluttonous” PRO-IP Act (Nate Anderson/Ars Technica)

January 30th, 2008 by

Copy a CD, owe $1.5 million under “gluttonous” PRO-IP Act  —  Not content with the current (and already massive) statutory damages allowed under copyright law, the RIAA is pushing to expand the provision.  The issue is compilations, which now are treated as a single work.



Source:   Ars Technica

Author:   Nate Anderson

Link:   http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080129…


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