Woman Hit With $1.92 Million Fine for Sharing 24 Songs on Kazaa
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[quote=TorrentFreak.com][B]Jammie Thomas-Rasset has lost her retrial against the RIAA and was ordered to pay $1.92 million for 24 songs she shared via Kazaa. The defense had argued that it might have been her children who shared the files instead of Thomas-Rasset, but the jury didn’t buy this and found her guilty.[/B]
In 2007 a jury slapped the single mother with a $222,000 verdict in her case against the RIAA, which she later appealed. When the case between Thomas-Rasset and the RIAA was declared a mistrial last year, the judge ruled that the fines were “disproportionate to the damages suffered.”
The case went up for re-trial before a new jury, who found her guilty and surprisingly handed out even harsher fines than in the first trial. Thomas-Rasset was ordered to pay $80,000 per infringement mounting up to a total of $1.92 million in fines.
Thomas-Rasset, like many others, couldn’t believe her ears when the court read out the verdict, and later said that it was “kind of ridiculous”.
Unlike most people, Thomas-Rasset never opted to settle with the RIAA, determining that she had the law on her side. Unfortunately for her the jury in this landmark case ruled she did not.
“We appreciate the jury’s service and that they take this issue as seriously as we do,” said Cara Duckworth, an RIAA spokeswoman. “We are pleased that the jury agreed with the evidence and found the defendant liable. Since day 1, we have been willing to settle the case and remain willing to do so.”
In the US juries can hand out fines up to an unbelievable $150,000 per infringement on a single song. The average settlement in related RIAA cases is around $3000, which is peanuts considering this recent verdict. In this light many people might be inclined to settle with the RIAA even when they don’t even own a computer.[/quote]
I really [B]doubt[/B] record companies lost $150,000 on one song...
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Rate this "Dissagree" if you think the judge is an asshole
Just heard this
deserved
OOoooo I'm scared.
And that kids is why capitalism is bad.
Fuck, cut her some slack.
She was an uploader
phew
Judge is an ass.
Further proof women should stay in the kitchen where they can't get in trouble.
Fuck you RIAA.
What a bunch of morons. How is any one person supposed to pay back that kind of money?
[QUOTE=Wiggles;15642914]What a bunch of morons. How is any one person supposed to pay back that kind of money?[/QUOTE]
With everything they own. And everything they hope to own ever in their life.
[QUOTE=venn178;15642841]Further proof women should stay in the kitchen where they can't get in trouble.[/QUOTE]
It was the kids, kids are the only people dumb enough to use 'kazza' how old is that shit now anyway
Holy fuck, then I must owe as much as the worlds economy, twice! (Before the economic crash)
That's what you get from using Kazaa.
That, and spyware.
Wow, how do they expect anyone to come up with that much money?
I seriously hope bands start splitting apart from this shit, that's unbelievable.
[QUOTE=Sophei;15643006]It was the kids, kids are the only people dumb enough to use 'kazza' how old is that shit now anyway[/QUOTE]
That was my first thought too.
Well fuck she should at least have had a warning. They should have given her a Cease and Desist letter and then if she didn't, take it to court. Unless the article left that part out.
This is just absurd.
ha, there goes the assumption "they downloaded it and uploaded it therefore they must have removed this much potential sales because anyone who couldn't download it would have bought it" again
[QUOTE=JustExtreme;15644038]ha, there goes the assumption "they downloaded it and uploaded it therefore they must have removed this much potential sales because anyone who couldn't download it would have bought it" again[/QUOTE]
Legally they have to assume that.
I hate to say it but, she DID break the law. It happens all the time all over the place simultaneously, and unfortunate people like her take the rap for it.
Bahahah. Come on wankers, you haven't caught the rest of us yet.
I'm willing to believe the jury was bribed.
Pretty decent IMO.
Learn to cover your tracks you rookies.
[QUOTE=Kalibos;15644138]Legally they have to assume that.
I hate to say it but, she DID break the law. It happens all the time all over the place simultaneously, and unfortunate people like her take the rap for it.[/QUOTE]
Do they? Well that is a silly legal requirement as it isn't realistic. Then again I guess laws aren't always realistic.
Indeed, she broke the law but so many people break it in the same way as her that it seems a little unfair that she should be asked to pay so much when the law has so many breakers that it is unenforceable.
Amendment 8 up in this bitch. :buddy:
I thought the courts were forbidden to hand out cruel and unusual punishment?
Damn record companies. I hate how they claim other people's music as their own just because they have a contract. And apparently they are above the Constitution and don't need to listen to the 8th Amendment.
Record companies: 1
The entire internet: 23989493049x10
They must be getting shitface from the party I could imagine they been waiting for.
A man shoots someone, 7 years
A man downloads a song, A lifetime's debt.
In other words, Stealing a fucking song is worse than shooting someone, I mean, 1.92 million is something you'd never really pay off in a life time.
(I know it was a woman, but still)
[QUOTE=Sophei;15643006]It was the kids, kids are the only people dumb enough to use 'kazza' how old is that shit now anyway[/QUOTE]
It was 2 years ago :downs:
Wow the RIAA needs to get laid seriously. If they are that bitchy when it comes to one song and a mother that is just not right. The mother is going to be in debt for ever now because of the RIAA bastards. I say time for anonymous to crack the shit out of the RIAA corporation as of right now.
[QUOTE=Edthefirst;15643967]Well fuck she should at least have had a warning. They should have given her a Cease and Desist letter and then if she didn't, take it to court. Unless the article left that part out.
This is just absurd.[/QUOTE]
the fine [I]is[/I] the warning, if she does it again they'll shoot her
What is kazza? Never heard of it.
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