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To: H James Morris who wrote (92509)	1/28/2000 5:30:00 PM
From: Sam Citron	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

James, Do you think Go2Net could get an injunction to stop me if I were to clone the SI database and provide it over an ordinary telephone provided the client could demonstrate he was already a SI subscriber? I think RIAA has a pretty good shot at a preliminary injunction to stop the Beam-It service, but Instant Listening should be okay. The really interesting question is whether damages might apply. The RIAA is asking for statutory damages at $150,000 per "work". Assuming 45,000 CDs copied at 10 songs each, that's $6.7 billion. Of course, such damages are usually reserved for cases of deliberate and willful infringement of copyright. We shall see...