Judge tells record labels to cough up download expenses

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*Source: Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...xpenses.html)*
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As the RIAA's legal battle against suspected file-sharers has unfolded, one of the arguments put forth by some defendants is that the statutory damages sought by the RIAA are unconstitutionally excessive. That's one of the defenses articulated by Ray Beckerman, attorney for the defendant in UMG v. Lindor. In a ruling issued yesterday (http://recordingindustryvspeople.blo...-expense.html), Judge Robert M. Levy ordered the record labels to provide Marie Lindor with the expenses incurred for each of the 38 songs at issue in the case, writing that Lindor's request may "lead to the discovery of admissible evidence."

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