nsane.forums Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 The Recording Industry Association of America has been awarded a $1.92 million decision against a woman accused of sharing music online. A jury ruled that Jammie Thomas-Rasset violated record label copyrights by downloading 24 songs from file-sharing service Kazaa. The jury awarded the labels statutory damages of $80,000 per song, totalling some $1.92 million. The case was first made news in 2007 when a jury had originally ordered Thomas-Rasset to pay a fine of $224,000. The decision was later thrown out due to the judges mis-direction of the jury and a re-trial was ordered. The case has been held up as a landmark battle between the RIAA and those accused of downloading music. Most of the accused have settled out of court and few cases have actually gone to trial. However, the case is likely far from being officially decided according to experts. Electronic Frontier Foundation senior attorney Fred von Lohmann noted that the case would likely be appealed. "Given the size of the statutory damages award, Ms. Thomas-Rasset's legal team will likely be seriously considering a constitutional challenge to the verdict," wrote von Lohmann. von Lohmann noted previous cases in which similarly large damages were overturned by higher courts as 'grossly excessive' along with Supreme Court rulings which question the authority of juries to award damages in similar cases. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeus_Hunt Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Why not a life sentence :)Guess that will be added along with the ~$2Mil after the next appeal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1+1=FG Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 "Yes, we can" Obama said........Only in the States is this kind of thing is possible...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Lee Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 This isnt the first time I've seen something like this so it's not surprising. A life sentence wouldnt be better in my opinion because either way she chooses its going to ruin her life the way she knew it. Maan I feel sorry for her right now...@ The guy above me, nevermind I'm not in the mood... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadmnwlkn Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 They should drag her to the street and shoot her.How dare she shoplift $24.00 in mp3s! This is sad indeed $24.00 ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irefay Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Maybe some day we can work together and help our gov understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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