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RIAA Wants to Increase Filesharing Damages to $1.5 Million an Album, Just for Laughs [Evil]

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2008-01-30 11:15:22 by Adam Frucci in Gizmodo
...damages in filesharing lawsuits is already completely bananas, but they still aren't happy. The problem? Compilation CDs. A rascally pirate could rip 10 tracks from 10 CDs, say they came from a compilation and then only be culpable for one album. That's not right! The RIAA would then be cheated out of money they could use to polish the rubies...
 
Tags: album, damages, compilation album, cds, compilation cds, compilation, statutory damages, riaa, million
 
 
 
 
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Man left with $12k in damages after Circuit City GPS install gone wrong

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2008-03-31 11:34:00 by Donald Melanson in Engadget
...damages but, according to the estimate from a Honda dealership, left the car "unsafe to drive." For its part, Circuit City apparently did eventually remove the equipment and refunded the full $3,000+, but VTECnical is now left dealing with Circuity City's third party insurance company to recover the rest of the damages Via Autoblog Read |...
 
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Man left with $12k in damages after Circuit City GPS install gone wrong

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2008-03-31 15:03:19 by admin in Cool Gadgets and Gizmos
...damages but, according to the estimate from a Honda dealership, left the car unsafe to drive. For its part, Circuit City apparently did eventually remove the equipment and refunded the full $3,000+, but VTECnical is now left dealing with Circuity Citys third party insurance company to recover the rest of the damages Via Autoblog Read |...
 
Tags: circuit city, gps, circuit city apparently, apparently, gps unit, installer apparently, vtecnical, damages, vtecnical tells
 
 
 
 
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RIAA rejects damages award in file-sharing case, wants more

2008-09-22 22:59:32 by Rob Beschizza in Boing Boing Gadgets
 
...damages awarded it by a judge and taken the case to an expensive jury trial in pursuit of a bigger payout. The judge specified the payout at $200 per shared song, accepting the girl's claim that at the time, she knew nothing about the illegality of her actions. That's not enough to get her off the hookignorance of the law is not a defensebut...
 
Tags: damages, set per-song damages, song, riaa, bigger payout, hypocritical ars technica, judge, expensive jury trial, payout
 
 
 
 
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Nigerian firm wins interim injunction against OLPC, asks for $20M in damages

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2008-01-02 14:33:00 by Nilay Patel in Engadget
...damages, and has been searching the offices of OLPC-affiliated organizations in Nigeria for "evidence." All of this currently going down with zero input from OLPC's lawyers, but we're told the organization is preparing an "aggressive" response. Check the read link for an exhaustive summary of the case to date over at Groklaw Via CNet Read |...
 
Tags: olpc, interim injunction, lancor, nigeria, exhaustive summary, nick neg, 20m, damages, offices
 
 
 
 
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Jury says Microsoft owes Alcatel-Lucent $367M in patent damages

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2008-04-04 21:43:00 by Nilay Patel in Engadget
...damages to the tune of $376M. The two patents both cover touchscreens, with one describing a system of form data entry, and the other describing stylus data interpretation. Sexy, we know. The jury also found that the Microsoft had not infringed two other Alcatel-Lucent video-decoding patents, but the rulings doesn't mean this is all finally...
 
Tags: alcatel-lucent, microsoft, jury, patents, alcatel-lucent patent fight, excitingly dull installment, jury ruled, stylus data interpretation, form data entry
 
 
 
 
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Jury says Microsoft owes Alcatel-Lucent $367M in patent damages

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2008-04-05 02:43:00 by Nilay Patel in
...damages to the tune of $376M. The two patents both cover touchscreens, with one describing a system of form data entry, and the other describing stylus data interpretation. Sexy, we know. The jury also found that the Microsoft had not infringed two other Alcatel-Lucent video-decoding patents, but the rulings doesn't mean this is all finally...
 
Tags: alcatel-lucent, microsoft, jury, patents, alcatel-lucent patent fight, excitingly dull installment, jury ruled, stylus data interpretation, form data entry
 
 
 
 
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Jury says Microsoft owes Alcatel-Lucent $367M in patent damages

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2008-04-05 05:04:27 by admin in Cool Gadgets and Gizmos
...damages to the tune of $376M. The two patents both cover touchscreens, with one describing a system of form data entry, and the other describing stylus data interpretation. Sexy, we know. The jury also found that the Microsoft had not infringed two other Alcatel-Lucent video-decoding patents, but the rulings doesnt mean this is all finally...
 
Tags: alcatel-lucent, microsoft, jury, patents, alcatel-lucent patent fight, excitingly dull installment, jury ruled, stylus data interpretation, form data entry
 
 
 
 
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Jury says Microsoft owes Alcatel-Lucent $376M in patent damages

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2008-04-06 22:04:25 by admin in Cool Gadgets and Gizmos
...damages to the tune of $376M. The two patents both cover touchscreens, with one describing a system of form data entry, and the other describing stylus data interpretation. Sexy, we know. The jury also found that the Microsoft had not infringed two other Alcatel-Lucent video-decoding patents, but the rulings doesnt mean this is all finally...
 
Tags: alcatel-lucent, microsoft, jury, patents, alcatel-lucent patent fight, excitingly dull installment, jury ruled, stylus data interpretation, form data entry