{"id":1362,"date":"2013-06-27T16:04:52","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T16:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=1362"},"modified":"2022-06-14T22:03:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T22:03:12","slug":"damage-caps-apply-if-you-kill-someone-not-if-you-download-songs","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/es\/personal-injury-blog\/damage-caps-apply-if-you-kill-someone-not-if-you-download-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Damage caps apply if you kill someone, not if you download songs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In some states, the most this kid would be liable for if he paralyzed someone is $250k.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>Tenenbaum argued the $675,000 award violates his due process rights because it\u2019s not tied to the injury he caused. He estimates that to be no more than $450, or the cost of 30 albums.<\/em><\/p><cite><em>Source:&nbsp;Court upholds $675,000 verdict against Boston student who illegally shared songs online &#8211; The Washington Post<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s see: Actual harm = $450 dollars.&nbsp; Verdict = $675,000 dollars.&nbsp; That\u2019s a multiple of 1,500:1 for damages.&nbsp; Seems to me that I recall a conservative Supreme Court declaring that only in rare circumstances should punitive damages exceed a single digit multiple of actual damages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have I mentioned that I\u2019m now very cynical about the law?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1441,"template":"","blogtag":[26,27],"class_list":["post-1362","blog","type-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","blogtag-civil-justice","blogtag-tort-reform"],"acf":[],"x_featured_media":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Damage-caps-apply-if-you-kill-someone-not-if-you-download-songs-220x220.jpg","x_featured_media_medium":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Damage-caps-apply-if-you-kill-someone-not-if-you-download-songs-540x360.jpg","x_featured_media_large":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Damage-caps-apply-if-you-kill-someone-not-if-you-download-songs-1680x1120.jpg","x_featured_media_original":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Damage-caps-apply-if-you-kill-someone-not-if-you-download-songs.jpg","x_date":"junio 27, 2013","x_metadata":{"_wp_old_date":"2020-10-29","image_header_blog":"1441","_image_header_blog":"field_5f86255998692","_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"[]","_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":"[\"\"]","_thumbnail_id":"1441","name_author":"Justinian Lane","_name_author":"field_5fa027bb365d8","image_author":"1426","_image_author":"field_5fa02869365d9","alternative_link":"","_alternative_link":"field_5faae1f7dd7d1","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"In some states, the most this kid would be liable for if he paralyzed someone is $250k. Tenenbaum argued the $675,000 award violates his due process rights because it\u2019s not tied to the injury he caused. He estimates that to be no more than $450, or the cost of 30 albums.","_yoast_wpseo_estimated_reading_time_minutes":"1"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/1362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/blog"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"blogtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blogtag?post=1362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}