Jammie Thomas convicted again..

[fazers_on_stun]

Retrial with same verdict; she owes recording companies $1.92 million

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MINNEAPOLIS - A replay of the nation’s only file-sharing case to go to trial has ended with the same result, finding a Minnesota woman to have violated music copyrights and ordering her to pay hefty damages to the recording industry.

A federal jury ruled Thursday that Jammie Thomas-Rasset willfully violated the copyrights on 24 songs, and awarded recording companies $1.92 million, or $80,000 per song.

Thomas-Rasset’s second trial actually turned out worse for her. When a different federal jury heard her case in 2007, it hit Thomas-Rasset with a $222,000 judgment.

 

[spud]

Retrial with same verdict; she owes recording companies $1.92 million

Since there doesn't appear to be a better place to post this...

MINNEAPOLIS - A replay of the nation’s only file-sharing case to go to trial has ended with the same result, finding a Minnesota woman to have violated music copyrights and ordering her to pay hefty damages to the recording industry.

A federal jury ruled Thursday that Jammie Thomas-Rasset willfully violated the copyrights on 24 songs, and awarded recording companies $1.92 million, or $80,000 per song.

Thomas-Rasset’s second trial actually turned out worse for her. When a different federal jury heard her case in 2007, it hit Thomas-Rasset with a $222,000 judgment.

Wow if that doesnt say big business has the US by the balls...

Word, Playa.

 

[Mousemonkey]

She is obviously an evil person who needs to be punished unlike the money grabbing bankers and finance persons who have walked away with millions whilst sending the worlds economy down the toilet.

 

[Reynod]

I feel sorry for her ... poor lass.

All lawyers are scum.

I have more respect for used car salespeople and telemarketers.

 

[pat mcgroin]

Maybe do like the white collars do.
Go to jail for 6 months and keep the money.

 

[fazers_on_stun]

Maybe do like the white collars do.
Go to jail for 6 months and keep the money.

I believe this was a civil suit, so the court would have to find her in contempt if she doesn't pay up. However if it were me, I'd go on a spending spree and then file for bankruptcy protection .

I had sorta thought she would win after the judge ordered a new trial, but reading the article it appears the jury got p!issed at her and didn't buy the various arguments put forward by her attorney.

Unfortunately this will just put more fuel in RIAA's gas tank, to go after others..

 

[Mousemonkey]

I'd have been inclined to leap onto the judge's bench, drop my strides and lay a log on his gavel.

 

[brendano257]

Really?! What is the point.....?

1. Like she could EVER pay back any part of it.

2. Like the company actually cares about 1.92 Million.

3. Like the company doesn't actually make 100...no 1,000x that each year.(Atleast)

I had a Freshman math teacher and someone (as a joke) told him they'd sue him for being a bad teacher. He simply said "Sue me for 10 Billion and see if you'll ever get 1% of that.

 

[skalagon]

Hmm I bet it didn't help her case that shes really really ugly, if it was a hot chick this would of never happened.

Seriously she looks like a poached trout.

 

[Raviolissimo]

I'd have been inclined to leap onto the judge's bench, drop my strides and lay a log on his gavel.

if you're going to be held in contempt, you might as well do it in style.

the American judicial system is heavily biased so that $$ buys justice.

 

[skittle]

Seriously 1.92million? if one of the jurors was one of my friends, he would be getting a hearty ass whoopin.

 

[ragsters]

How did she steal the files? Torrent? I need to hear the whole story. There has to be something missing.

 

[dfusco]

This lady should have settled right from the start. If you're too stupid to use any sort of firewall you should not be challenging big business and it's legions of lawyers in court.
I mean they had her cold. All she did is lie to the jury and nothing pisses a jury off more.
Let the recording industry have an easy victory there are better cases out there.

 

[knotknut]

I'd have been inclined to leap onto the judge's bench, drop my strides and lay a log on his gavel.

Bringing his court to order would look like something from a Gallagher Show.

http://gallaghersmash.com/pictures/029.jpg

 

[spuddyt]

I feel sorry for her ... poor lass.

All lawyers are scum.

I have more respect for used car salespeople and telemarketers.

Don't blame the lawyers, blame the ones who hire them - from my experience they are just totally impartial.

 

[fazers_on_stun]

I'd have been inclined to leap onto the judge's bench, drop my strides and lay a log on his gavel.

LOL - actually if you read the news article, the judge thought the original $220K fine was excessive. It was the jury of her peers that came back with the new fine some 8x the original. I'm sure the RIAA attorneys used all their votes to get any sympathetic jurors out of the pool however.

I think the judge will reduce the fine to something more reasonable. The minimum is $750 per song for 24 songs, so that would be around $20K. I'd pay it in pennies...

 

[Reynod]

poached trout ....

 

[fazers_on_stun]

How did she steal the files? Torrent? I need to hear the whole story. There has to be something missing.

I think she used Kazaa (this was some years ago). But yeah she didn't take too many precautions apparently. I remember when I was *ahem* investigating the P2P scene, merely for scientific research of course , some years ago, seeing a lot of n00bs with their financial and other personal stuff being shared in WinMX. Whatta buncha bozos!! Or else it was the parent's computer and they didn't know what their kids were doing, and most kids didn't care what they put online as long as they could get their pr0n & music downloads..