H.R. 4279 introduced in Congress; would provide for $1.5 million damages for a single CD from each pirate.

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Posted by Bryan Andrews | Posted in: External Articles | December 2007

“Seems as if the DOJ is not particularly happy about HR 4729, the ‘Copyright Czar’ bill. The Deputy AG told Congress that the current structure works quite effectively. ‘Panel members also expressed concern over Section 104 of the bill, which would allow a copyright owner to collect statutory damages for each copyrighted work that is stolen. Detractors fear that this provision could result in protracted lawsuits … Section 104, however, would penalize criminals on a per-song basis, so if someone pirated a motion picture soundtrack that had songs from 12 different artists, the pirate would be charged with 12 separate offenses and be subject to exorbitant fees.’”

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