SCOTUS Refuses To Hear Tenenbaum Appeal

quantr writes "The Supreme Court has declined to hear Joel Tenenbaum's appeal. A jury in 2009 ordered Tenenbaum, of Providence, R.I., to pay $675,000 for illegally downloading and sharing 30 songs. A federal judge called the penalty constitutionally excessive, but the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated it at the request of the Recording Industry Association of America. Tenenbaum's attorney, Harvard law professor Charles Nesson, said he's disappointed the high court won't hear the case. But he said the 1st Circuit instructed a judge to consider reducing the award without deciding any constitutional challenge. Nesson said 'Tenenbaum is just entering the job market and can't pay the penalty.'"

Re:Wow

[themaneatingcow]

Yes, lots of other G7 countries where the same RIAA/MPAA companies and their subsidiaries also exist.

There, fixed that for y- wait, nevermind....

There are always ways

[overshoot]

Tenenbaum is just entering the job market and can't pay the penalty

Surely he has organs he could sell.

Re:Kick-backs

[CanHasDIY]

No, its called bribery. I know you were joking but these people are screwing all of us over money & power.

Geez, you make it sound as if there's something wrong about using vast amounts of wealth to rule a nation by proxy...

Re:The Supremely Stupid Court

[Anonymous Coward]

Certainly, congressman, you can think of a better reelection slogan than that.

Re:I HAVE AN IDEA!

[Anonymous Coward]

I think the difference happens when, after years of struggling to pay for basic amenities while having all his income siphoned away, he finally decides to spend what little money he has on a rental car, a crowbar, a gun, and a map with the locations of every RIAA exec's house.

Re:The Supremely Stupid Court

[bug1]

I'm now going to use that line as my own. Thank you, kind sir.

So you are just going to take it, and use it as your own eh...

Would you also take his CAR ???