October 5th, 2007
Music File-Sharing Case Complete — and the Winner Is …
By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
The RIAA. In a case bound to have future ramifications, the jury didn’t take any time to decide at all. This case only started on Tuesday.
Jammie Thomas, a single mother of two, was found liable Thursday for copyright infringement in the nation’s first file-sharing case to go before a jury.
Twelve jurors here said the Minnesota woman must pay $9,250 for each of 24 shared songs that were the subject of the lawsuit, amounting to $222,000 in penalties.
“This is what can happen if you don’t settle,” RIAA attorney Richard Gabriel told reporters outside the courthouse. “I think we have sent a message we are willing to go to trial.” Source: Wired News
We Say: Yes, the RIAA will go to trial, and in the short-term at least, any sued by them will most likely settle quickly.
John Corliss says:
I believe the United States has lost track of the meaning of the term “cruel and unusual punishment”.
October 5th, 2007 at 2:10 am
Greg says:
Also, now according to Sony, I can’t even share my own songs with myself… “When an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song,” said Jennifer Pariser, head of litigation and anti-piracy at Sony BMG.
Maybe its time for us to copy all of our CDs to our PCs and then throw the CDs into the Boston Harbor.
October 5th, 2007 at 4:28 am
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October 5th, 2007 at 10:40 am
Ben Richards says:
A ridiculously outsize punishment. For god’s sake, we don’t fine many violent felons with these kinds of penalties. A pity so few people know about the effective countermeasures like PeerGuardian which can effectively mask your IP address from the anti P2P organizations that hunt down file sharers.
October 5th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
» RIAA Verdict to be Appealed » Blog Archive Alice Hill’s Real Tech News - Independent Tech says:
[…] You may recall that late last week a jury ruled that Jammie Thomas, a Minnesota woman, was guilty of copyright infringement and liable for a sum of $222,000. Monday on both CNN and her Myspace blog Thomas announced that she and her attorney have decided to appeal. […]
October 9th, 2007 at 6:53 am