Woman Ordered To Pay The RIAA $1.9 Mil In File Sharing Lawsuit
In the first file-sharing case ever to go to trial in the U.S., a Minnesota mother of four was ordered to pay the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) $1.9 million dollars yesterday (June 18) for violating music copyright laws.
According to the Associated Press, Jammie Thomas-Rasset was targeted for sharing 24 songs on the peer-to-peer network Kazaa. She will have to pay roughly $80,000 for each track to the four major labels, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, EMI Group and Sony Music Entertainment. The RIAA was reportedly seeking $3.6 million in damages.
This is the second time this case has gone to trial. In 2007 she escaped having to pay $220,000 in the same case after the judge made mistakes when giving instructions to the jurors.
While the RIAA has filed more than 30,000 file sharing suits, this is the first case that actually sat in front of a jury. Most other case settled out of court for an average of $3,500.
There’s no way they’re ever going to get that,” Thomas-Rasset told the Associated Press of the $1.9 ruling. “I’m a mom, limited means, so I’m not going to worry about it now.”
Rolling Stone reports that Thomas’ lawyer Kiwi Camara is looking to find a settlement with the RIAA . - Elan Mancini
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Comment by king donny on June 21, 2009 at 12:36pm - That shit crazy.
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Comment by jennifer on June 21, 2009 at 12:17pm - Just about everybody downloads music now, how did they manage to catch her but nobody else? That's pretty funny.
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Comment by LEONPHELP91 on June 21, 2009 at 10:14am - FUCK THE Recording Industry Association ILL BE MAD IF I GOT SUED FOR DOWNLOADIN SOUIJA BOY AND OTHER WACK SHIT I LISTEN BEFORE I BUY IT STILL SUPPORT GOOD HIP-HOP
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Comment by PAUL on June 21, 2009 at 9:59am - Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn!!!! She fucked. **sigh**
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Comment by Before I Self Destruct - Buy It on June 21, 2009 at 9:38am -
i have said for a long time that file sharing is stealing from artists
maybe someone will get the point now
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Comment by Alex on June 21, 2009 at 8:49am
- You guys got it twisted. They don't want the money they want to send a message. And that is stop downloading music. Pay for it. The Industry figured that if they want to be gangstas do what gangstas do. And that is fuk your kids fuk your moms I want my money! So what if you buy a cd and it only has 3 tracks out of 18 that are good. So what if overtime the cd degrades which makes the music on the cd become less clear. SoWhat?! Fuk U Pay me! btw she's not paying for the 22 songs she downloaded she's paying for the 22 songs she shared to others. Best thing to do is be more gangsta like 50 and download a program that hides or changes your ip address. That way your everywhere and nowhere at the same time.
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Comment by J.B-well on June 21, 2009 at 3:13am - Damn, labels hurtin so bad they gotta pick on a mom wit 4 kids?! SHAME!
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Comment by MR TOP NOTCH on June 21, 2009 at 3:05am - Fuk them - 22 tracks of advertising, somone probibly coped a cd after gettin a track they wernt formy exposed too. Bet the industry make more from music now than before, but they aint gonna tell u that
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Comment by travis on June 21, 2009 at 1:22am
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how many ppl whod of download eminem but he still sold 1mill if ppl like it thay will buy it
i thought file-SHARING was ok coz you gat a lil bit from every wher
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Comment by Jae on June 21, 2009 at 12:53am - RIAA....FUCK EM....IM SAYING SUPPORT UR FAVORITE ARTIST(S)...BUT ITS AN UNAVOIDABLE FACT THAT THE INTERNET HAS PRETTY MUCH RUINED (PROFIT WISE) THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. SO TO PULL SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS RIDICULOUS
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