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Woman Who Claimed RIAA Infringement Damages Were Unconstitutional Settles For $756/Song We were a bit surprised last month when Denise Barker, who had been fighting the RIAA in a file sharing lawsuit decided to take the strategy of admitting guilt but challenging the constitutionality of the Copyright Act. That seemed like a longshot that was unlikely to play well in court -- especially a court that had already decided against her in interpreting the whole "making available" thing. So, it should come as little surprise that Barker has agreed to settle, rather than fight on, even if her lawyer, Ray Beckerman was more than willing to keep fighting.The settlement comes to $756 for each of the eight songs she's accused of sharing, and the details of the settlement work out that she'll be paying $110 per month for 55 months (running through February of 2013). That adds up to $6,050, which I imagine will put a crimp on Barker's spending on actual music. While she did break the law, and admitted to breaking the law, the punishment does seem way out of line with the "crime." It's arguable that she did any "damage" at all to the recording industry, as there's a decent chance that she actually helped promote certain artists. Permalink | Comments | Email This Story Read more...

Flashy New Jetpack Is "Widow Maker," Competitors Say The Martin Jetpack, like the three big rocket belts before it, took off this month in a surge of buzz and headlines. Now other pioneering rocketeers are speaking out for the first time, going so far as to call the new device a "widow maker." Could the new battle finally spell takeoff for this futuristic industry?or just more prolonged promise? Read more...   Fairness Doctrine Panic hits FCC Another Fairness Doctrine sighting this week. This one from Republican Commissioner Robert M. McDowell. Read more...   Everything You Need to Know About USB 3.0 (+PICS) No doubt you?re familiar with the Universal Serial Bus ? we ranked it as our top PC innovation of all time. But what do you know about the next version of this ubiquitous interface? Read more...   9 Linux Myth Debunked When it comes to Linux there are 3 kinds of people, those who never heard of it, those who are afraid of it, and those who hate it and spread falsities about it. Read more...

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