White Paper Decries RIAA Attempts To Raise Infringement Payouts
Posted by: in Rights OnlineTiny Massive Man writes “Public Knowledge, the CEA, and six other industry and public interest groups have issued a white paper critical of the attempts of the RIAA and other major copyright players to have statutory infringement levels raised. ‘Noting that the courts can currently award huge statutory damages without rightsholders having to demonstrate that they’ve suffered any actual harm, the white paper calls current copyright law a “carefully designed compromise” meant to balance the interests of both celebrations … The authors of the white paper paint a dreary future where “copyright trolls” file lawsuits in order to rake in big amounts of statutory damages, where innovation is stifled, and where artists are afraid to “Recut, Reframe, and Recycle” because of the financial risks involved.’”
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