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Jammie Thomas Hit With $1.5 Million Verdict

Posted by timothy on from the tickling-the-dragon's-tail dept.

suraj.sun writes with this excerpt from CNET: "Jammie Thomas-Rasset, the Minnesota woman who has been fighting the recording industry over 24 songs she illegally downloaded and shared online four years ago, has lost another round in court as a jury in Minneapolis decided today that she was liable for $1.5 million in copyright infringement damages to Capitol Records, for songs she illegally shared in April 2006. ... The trial is the third for Thomas-Rasset, after one jury found her liable for copyright infringement in 2007 and ordered her to pay $222,000, the judge in the case later ruled that he erred in instructing the jury and called for a retrial. In the second trial, which took place in 2009, a jury found Thomas-Rasset liable for $1.92 million. Thomas-Rasset subsequently asked the federal court for a new trial or a reduction in the amount of damages in July 2009. But earlier this year, the judge found that amount to be 'monstrous and shocking' and reduced the amount to $54,000."

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  1. No, Wait... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, 24 songs are worth $222,000... no, actually it's $1,920,000... wait, I mean $54,000... did I say that? I meant $1,500,000...

    Who the hell decides these amounts? The guy who wrote the Windows file copy dialog?

    1. Re:No, Wait... by ByOhTek · · Score: 2, Funny

      Of course not. If that were the case, we'd have seen an 'infinite' and some negative value as well.

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    2. Re:No, Wait... by daremonai · · Score: 5, Funny

      It varies depending on which browser you use. Hint: Chrome gives you the lowest amount.

    3. Re:No, Wait... by FallinWithStyle · · Score: 2, Funny

      Here ya go: http://xkcd.com/612/

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  2. Re:Is it not time to give up yet? by cyborg_monkey · · Score: 0, Funny

    So true... but enough about your mom.