User talk:Ecalifano

Midterm 10/18
I plan on working with the suggest article "Sony BMG v. Tenenbaum" which is an important case concerning the (il)legal download/file sharing of music. In his instance he (as an ordinary/everyday individual) was fined $675,000 for downloading/distributing 30 songs on Kazaa. The article needs substantial work as the case was appealed several times which ends up being quite confusing on the page and may benefit from additional details/restructuring. Also, Fair Use played a part in the trial (or more specifically, it should have played a part in the trial) which is never mentioned in the current article. Ultimately this case should be reworked and refined as this case was one of the first instances where an individual strongly attempted to fight the fines originally imposed on him for illegally downloading/file sharing music. Not every illegally downloaded/file shared file have been "properly" fined, but individuals such as Joel Tenenbaum were made into examples for the rest to see and fear. Ecalifano (talk) 23:32, 17 October 2011 (UTC)