Michael Geist - Canadian Recording Industry Faces $60 Billion Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

Chet Baker was a leading jazz musician in the 1950s, playing trumpet and providing vocals. Baker died in 1988, yet he is about to add a new claim to fame as the lead plaintiff in possibly the largest copyright infringement case in Canadian history.

At $20,000 per infringement (the amount owed on some songs exceed this amount), potential liability exceeds $60 billion. These numbers may sound outrageous, yet they are based on the same rules that has led the recording industry to claim a single file sharer is liable for millions in damages.

Michael Geist - Canadian Recording Industry Faces $60 Billion Copyright Infringement Lawsuit