Karooo Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 A US jury has ordered a 32-year-old woman to pay $US1.92 million ($A2.4 million) in damages for illegally downloading 24 songs in a high-profile digital piracy case. Jammie Thomas-Rasset, a single mother of four from the US state of Minnesota, was found liable for using the Kazaa peer-to-peer file-sharing network to download the songs over the internet. The jury took just under five hours to reach its verdict. It ordered Thomas-Rasset to pay $US1.92 million dollars - or $US80,000 ($A100,000) per song - to six record companies: Capitol Records, Sony BMG Music, Arista Records, Interscope Records, Warner Bros. Records and UMG Recordings. Thomas-Rasset had been convicted previously, in October 2007, and ordered to pay $US220,000 ($A275,000) in damages but the judge who presided over that trial threw out the verdict calling it "wholly disproportionate" and "oppressive". The Recording Industry Association of America and major music labels have brought suit against thousands of people for illegally downloading and sharing music, with most agreeing to settlements of between $3000 and $5000. Thomas-Rasset was the first among those being sued to refuse a settlement and instead took the case to court. In December, the RIAA said it would stop suing people who download music illegally and focus instead on getting Internet Service Providers to take action. The move away from litigation represented a major shift in strategy for the music industry group, which had filed lawsuits against some 35,000 people for online music piracy since 2003. Source What next? suing people for watching 5 secs of copyrighted material on youtube one comment from a smart user there : HAHAHAHAHA!!! Look at that fat b!tch and her sorry-@ss ugly face. Cough up the dough you dumb pathetic excuse for a human being. People who use bittorrent or P2P more than deserve what they get. Amen to the RIAA! And if you feel sorry for and/or experience the need to be vindicated, why don't you losers donate a portion of your salary to her? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Total f**king disgrace. RIAA = bottom feeding scum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACIDICBRAT Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 WTF ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhi90 Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 eww Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karooo Posted June 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 I think its just scare tactics .. she was just a scapegoat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 I think its just scare tactics .. she was just a scapegoat. Yup. But I still cannot belive that making a single mom file for bankruptcy and ruin her (and possibly her kids) financial future to make a point is considered acceptable in any society. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karooo Posted June 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 The payment was a bit overkill. Going for single fileswappers is not a good way to fight piracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shekdown Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Why dont they just get the people who upload :undecide: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freelancer Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Thomas-Rasset was the first among those being sued to refuse a settlement and instead took the case to court. thts y wise ppl say not to act like a hero !!!! she could have got a settlement in 3000 or 5000 $ , but.......kismat Gan*u to kya karega pandu ! hehe ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blitzkreiig Posted June 21, 2009 Report Share Posted June 21, 2009 Thats the reason i dont indulge in downloading stuff, a special mention here to my puny 256k connection. Still the sentence was pretty pretty stupid.....I mean who in the world can pay that amount of damages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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