UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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ELEKTRA ENTERTAINMENT
GROUP INC., et al,
Civil action file no. 05-CV-7340-RJS
Plaintiffs,
-against-
DENISE BARKER,
NOTICE OF
CONSTITUTIONAL
Defendant.
QUESTION
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.1(a)(1)(A), Local Rule 24.1(a),
and 28 USC 2403(a), that the Second Affirmative Defense in the Defendant's Answer filed on
July 28, 2008, questions the constitutionality of 17 U.S.C. ยง 504 as follows:
Only insofar as plaintiffs seek to apply said statute to (a) compel
the allowance of statutory damages of 2,142 times the actual
damages sustained, and (b) authorize the allowance of up to
428,571 times the actual damages sustained, as against a single
noncommercial user of file sharing software for a single upload or
download of an MP3 file for personal use only.
Dated: New York, New York
July 28, 2008
RAY BECKERMAN, P.C.
By: /s/Ray Beckerman
Ray Beckerman (RB 8783)
Attorneys for Defendant
108-18 Queens Boulevard (4 Floor)
th
Forest Hills, NY 11375
(718) 544-3434
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To: United States Department of Justice
United States Attorney, Southern District of New York
Civil Clerk
86 Chambers Street
New York, NY 10007
Holme Roberts & Owen LLP Esqs.
1700 Lincoln Suite 4100
Denver, CO 80203
(303) 866-0331
-and-
Robinson & Cole LLP Esqs.
885 Third Avenue, Suite 2800
New York, NY 10022-4834
(212) 451-2900
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
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