Well, as long as there isn’t a defense for the crime…

Joel Tenenbaum’s case has been the background for a week of a very bizarre copyright law and file sharing policy changes.  Curiously, the Tenenbaum team won’t be shaking up the way the law is applied, but seems to be seeking to actually minimize the actual damages under the 8th amendment.  This is the proverbial other side to the recording industries lawsuit coin, can they justify the damages that they’re claiming?  After all,  it’s not like stealing a CD from the store.  It’s not like they could just take an original copy and make as many other ones as they wanted so long as they had space…