Verdict Reached In RIAA Trial

jemtallon writes "The jury in the previously mentioned Captiol v Thomas story has reached a verdict. They have found in favor of the plaintiffs, Capitol, and ordered that she pay a $222,000 fine for 24 cases of copyright infringement."

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Re:Unfortunately inevitable...

[dirk]

Another interesting thing is that, averaged out, this adds up to $9250 per infringement. At that price the defendant could have physically stolen about 600 copies of each work (assuming around $15 per work). So it pays to remember that the fines for physically stealing copyrighted works are much less than infringing on them.
I really hate this lame comparison. She was not sued for downloading songs, but for distributing songs. Was it too much? Probably. But comparing it to stealing physical CDs is meaningless, since they are 2 completely different activities. If you really want a comparison, it would be closest to her making and selling physical CDs, since she was distributing songs (and no, I'm not saying it's a perfect comparison, but it's probably the closest).