Court rules on ‘Fair-Use’ and filing sharing in industry’s favor.

Joel Tenenbaum set out to become the standard-bearer for people who fight back against Recording Industry Assn. of America lawsuits, but he has come to symbolize fighting back the wrong way. After he admitted on the stand to

downloading and sharing 30 songs — contrary to what he’d claimed in a deposition — a federal jury found the Boston University graduate liable in August for copyright infringement and ordered him to pay the labels $675,000. Today, the U.S. District Court judge who presided over the case, Nancy Gertner, issued a formal ruling explaining why she had rejected Tenenbaum’s “fair use” defense.  LA Times

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