Sony-BMG Wins: Defendant must pay $9,250 per song

[cibomatto2002]

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) won the first of many digital music file sharing cases Thursday against a single mother, with a U.S. jury finding her guilty of copyright infringement and fining her a total of $222,000.
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The U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota could have fined Jammie Thomas as much as $3.6 million, but opted not to. She was found guilty of stealing and giving away via Internet peer-to-peer Internet file-sharing service Kazaa a total of 24 songs from companies including Capitol Records Inc., Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Warner Bros. Records Inc.

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[alcoatjez]

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[Zach]

I like how they randomly throw in she's Native American.... as if that somehow matters.

I don't feel one bit sorry for people who get caught doing it... It's against the law and they know it is. The intention has always been to get free music, and I am willing to bet only a VERY small number of people can hide behind the whole "try before you buy" BS defense.

[TchuBacha]

I like how they randomly throw in she's Native American.... as if that somehow matters.

I don't feel one bit sorry for people who get caught doing it... It's against the law and they know it is. The intention has always been to get free music, and I am willing to bet only a VERY small number of people can hide behind the whole "try before you buy" BS defense.

Don't forget the "I thought it was linux", "It must of been a virus that did it" and "It's illegal to download music??" excuses.

[Spellsong]

Well it will still be messed up if the person cannot afford the damn bill. Kinda reminds me of the idea of someone committing suicide over not being able to pay a debit to the mafia or something like that. Pisses me off that the RIAA are going after small fish like that. Scaremongering.