Last Friday saw a $1.92 million verdict against a Minnesota woman — and so far only — music file -sharing defendant to go to trial....accused of sharing 24 songs over the Internet...The jury decided on $80,000 per song.
I'm with the Record Companies and the US Constitution on this. Anyone with an entrepreneurial bone in their body ought to be pleased that property rights are being protected - whether the abuser be a large electricity company or an illegal music file share-er.
The United States Constitution provides explicitly for the protection of private property in the Fifth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment:
The Fifth Amendment states:
Nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation
The Fourteenth Amendment states:
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.
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