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 lilrush on June 21, 2009 at 12:26am - LOLLLLLL wheres a mother gonna pull 2 mil out from?
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Comment by SNOWBUNNI on June 20, 2009 at 11:39pm - damn!!
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Comment by H3atmaker on June 20, 2009 at 11:35pm - aren't tracks usually like 99cents on itunes? So $80,000 is absurd.
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Comment by fresh72 on June 20, 2009 at 10:25pm - Not like she was burning the cds smh, greedy suits
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Comment by CoCo on June 20, 2009 at 10:14pm - They GOTSTA b out their effin mind!
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Comment by JT aka YoungBo$$ on June 20, 2009 at 10:04pm - Them niggas is out they fucking mind, they ain't even gone see a $100k.
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Comment by JOSH BRITT: Gary, Indiana on June 20, 2009 at 10:02pm - MILLIONS!!!!!...U BETTA SUCK MY...
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Comment by Jackkyra on June 20, 2009 at 9:34pm - $80,000 a track? wtf! And how much exactly are the labels planning on passing to the artist? 50 Cent each???
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Comment by 24 on June 20, 2009 at 9:25pm -
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Comment by Unique_Style on June 20, 2009 at 7:57pm - Dey neva gonna get dat money
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