September 8, 2009

Dep't of Justice on Constitutionality of Copyright Statutory Damages

The U.S. Department of Justice's memorandum in defense of the constitutionality of the statutory damages provision of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 504(c). Submitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota in the peer-to-peer file sharing case against defendant Jammie Thomas.

Capitol v Thomas - DOJ Memo in Support of Statutory Damages