Commerce department holds meeting to discuss Internet task force green paper

Peter Menell quoted in Bloomberg BNA, December 20, 2013 (registration required)

Peter Menell…. urged stakeholders to keep the big picture in mind and to think about how the current statutory damages provisions help or inhibit enforcement efforts…. “In the Internet age, we want a copyright system that garners public approval,” Menell said. “And I think that is something that has been lost, and statutory damages played a very significant role” in the erosion of public support, he said.