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Appeals Court Rules $675,000 File-Sharing Judgment Is Constitutional After All

Appeals Court Rules $675,000 File-Sharing Judgment Is Constitutional After All

Last year, a Boston college student caught a break when a judge reduced an earlier file-sharing judgment against him from $675,000 to $67,500, calling the earlier figure unconstitutional. Now a federal appeals court has wiped that relief away by deciding the Constitution is cool after all with the $675,000 fee and has reinstated the earlier judgment. [More]