Jammie Thomas To Appeal $1.9 Million RIAA Verdict

CNet reports that the lawyers representing Jammie Thomas-Rasset have confirmed she will be fighting the $1.9 million verdict handed down in her case against the RIAA. "The Recording Industry Association of America said on Monday that it had made a phone call to Sibley and law partner Kiwi Camara last week to ask whether Thomas-Rasset wanted to discuss a settlement. An RIAA representative said that its lawyers were told by Sibley that Thomas-Rasset wasn't interested in discussing any deal that required her to admit guilt or pay any money. ... 'She's not interested in settling,' attorney Joe Sibley said in a brief phone interview. 'She wants to take the issue up on appeal on the constitutionality of the damages. That's one of the main arguments — that the damages are disproportionate to any actual harm.'"

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Re:not necessarily disproportionate

[DaveV1.0]

It is not actual damages, it is punitive damages. I always love it when dumbasses such as yourself decide that judges and juries should do things that are not in line with the law because it would make your life so much better.

"I don't think we should be punished for doing something we know is against the law because we don't think it is wrong. And, if you insist on punishing us, it should be just a slap on the wrists!"

Here is a better idea. Stop breaking the law. Stop infringing on other people's rights. Stop being assholes.