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Minnesota Mom found GUILTY of Illegal Downloading
The verdict is in on the first case that has gone to trial regarding the RIAA and Illegal Downloading. Here’s an excerpt of an article from arstechnica.com
RIAA trial verdict is in: jury finds Thomas liable for infringement
By Eric Bangeman | Published: October 04, 2007 - 04:30PM CT
Duluth, Minnesota — After just four hours of deliberation and two days of testimony, a jury found that Jammie Thomas was liable for infringing the record labels’ copyrights on all 24 the 24 recordings at issue in the case of Capitol Records v. Jammie Thomas. The jury awarded $9,250 in statutory damages per song, after finding that the infringement was “willful,” out of a possible total of $150,000 per song. The grand total? $222,000 in damages. [READ MORE]