The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a $675,000 damages award against Boston University graduate student Joel Tenenbaum for illegal music downloading, but remanded the case for review of whether the verdict was excessive.
The Sept. 16 ruling in Sony BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum reinstated the original U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts July 2009 copyright infringement verdict, which boiled down to $22,500 for each of 30 songs.
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