USAtoday.com
By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS — A replay of the nation's only file-sharing case to go to trial has ended with the same result — a Minnesota woman was found to have violated music copyrights and must pay huge damages to the recording industry.
A federal jury ruled Thursday that Jammie Thomas-Rasset willfully violated the copyrights on 24 songs, and awarded recording companies $1.92 million, or $80,000 per song.
Thomas-Rasset's second trial actually turned out worse for her. When a different federal jury heard her case in 2007, it hit Thomas-Rasset with a $222,000 judgment.
The new trial was ordered after the judge in the case decided he had erred in giving jury instructions. Read rest of article here.
WHAT!? 80,000 per song!? COME ON! I cannot even understand why the fines are that dteep! Iss the recording industry really damaged by the download of one song? Or are they looking for a few people to make examples out of?
ReplyDeleteI think they were just trying to make an example out of her because $80,000 IS ridiculous.
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