Statutory Damage Awards in Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Cases Involving Copyrighted Sound Recordings : Recent Legal Developments.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Copyright.

Actions and defenses.

Judge-made law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (17 pages, digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2011.

System Details:

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text file

Summary:

Provides overview of copyright infringement related to peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing technology; and reviews litigation and statutory damage awards in P2P cases involving copyrighted sound recordings. Explains statutory damages provision in the Copyright Act, and summarizes reactions and implications.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Jan. 2013). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. Statutory Damage Awards in Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Cases Involving Copyrighted Sound Recordings

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