"And all three of those juries demonstrated through the very large damages awards they imposed that they view illegal downloading and "sharing" as wrong, and deserving of harsh sanction."
Given that JT's jury, logically, had to say infringement was willful, they probably felt obliged to award damages in the higher bracket. The only real precedent they had was $80,000 per song for JTR; $22,500 is way down on that. Suggests they did not think it was that serious.
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Jury's perception of sanction
Given that JT's jury, logically, had to say infringement was willful, they probably felt obliged to award damages in the higher bracket. The only real precedent they had was $80,000 per song for JTR; $22,500 is way down on that. Suggests they did not think it was that serious.
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