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: Recording Industry vs The PeopleCourt defers ruling on constitutionality of statutory damages in SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Cloud, denies defendant's motion to dismiss
By Ty Rogers and Ray Beckerman
In SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Cloud, a Philadelphia case, the Court deferred ruling on the constitutionality question, under the doctrine of "constitutional avoidance", and denied the defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint.
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Full post as published by Recording Industry vs The People on May 29, 2009 (boomark / email).
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