In a move that will surely pique the interest of Ron Paul, the Department of justice has chimed in the Capitol v. Thomas case that the $222,000 damages sought by Capitol is not unconstitutional:

“The US government has weighed in on the constitutionality of the $222,000 damage award in Capitol v. Thomas with a brief filed yesterday. The government suggests that the court avoid ruling on the constitutionality of the statutory damages clause of the Copyright Act. Should the court feel the need to rule on the constitutionality, it should find that the damages award does not violate the Due Process Clause of the Constitution.
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After a three-day trial, single mother Jammie Thomas was found to have willfully infringed on the record label’s copyrights. The jury awarded the RIAA statutory damages of $9,250 per song, for a total of $222,000, out of a maximum of $150,000 per track.”

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