The recording industry has won a case against the Calafornian company Media Group who had manufactured pirated CDs of several big artists. The company made and distrubted the CDs and was fined 136 million US dollar.
The 136 million dollar comes from 90.000 dollar for each song they illegaly pressed and distributed on a CD. The company was in business since 1995.
Media Group, a subsidiary of the Taipei, Taiwan-based Media Press, was accused of pirating and distributing unauthorized CDs from artists including Madonna, P. Diddy, James Brown and Elvis Presley. |
Matt Oppenheim, the RIAA's senior vice president for business and legal affairs, said the recording industry trade group sent three separate "education" teams to the Media Group facility to instruct operators on the difference between licensed and unlicensed CDs, but that pirated copies continued to be produced.
Oppenheim said the jury verdict in the case was important in that it indicated that U.S. juries -- who only began deciding copyright damage awards several years ago -- were open to large judgements against music pirates. Previously, judges decided such cases.
Again a professional pirate who was nailed. More information can be found here.
Source: Yahoo.com
