Jammie Appeals, Citing "Excessive" Damages

Posted by kdawson on Monday October 15, 2007 @07:22PM from the punative-by-any-other-name dept.

Peerless writes "Capitol v. Thomas defendant Jammie Thomas has officially appealed the RIAA's $222,000 copyright infringement award. She is seeking a retrial to determine the RIAA's actual damages, arguing that the jury's award was 'unconstitutionally excessive': 'Thomas would like to see the record companies forced to prove their actual damages due to downloading, a figure that Sony-BMG litigation head Jennifer Pariser testified that her company "had not stopped to calculate." In her motion, Thomas argues that the labels are contending that their actual damages are in the neighborhood of $20. Barring a new trial over the issue of damages, Thomas would like to see the reward knocked down three significant digits — from $222,000 to $151.20.'"

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Re:Sig digs by Atario · 2007-10-15 20:00 · Score: 5, Funny

I agree. The correct spelling is "viri".

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Re:It's not virii or viri. by Anonymous+Psychopath · 2007-10-16 03:44 · Score: 5, Funny

Wow. A grammar nazi slap fight. Awesome.

Moderators, this post is as relevant to the article as all the ones to which I'm replying. Please mod down along with the rest of them.

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