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WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO?
LINK.A federal jury Thursday found a 32-year-old Minnesota woman guilty of illegally downloading music from the Internet and fined her $80,000 each — a total of $1.9 million — for 24 songs.
Jammie Thomas-Rasset’s case was the first such copyright infringement case to go to trial in the United States, her attorney said.
Attorney Joe Sibley said that his client was shocked at the fine, noting that the price tag on the songs she downloaded was 99 cents.
She plans to appeal, he said.
Cara Duckworth, a spokeswoman for the Recording Industry Association of America, said the association was “pleased that the jury agreed with the evidence and found the defendant liable.”
“We appreciate the jury’s service and that they take this as seriously as we do,” she said.
Thomas-Rasset downloaded work by artists such as No Doubt, Linkin Park, Gloria Estefan and Sheryl Crow.
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* France gets tough on illegal downloadingThis was the second trial for Thomas-Rasset. The judge ordered a retrial in 2007 after there was an error in the wording of jury instructions.
The fines jumped considerably from the first trial, which granted just $220,000 to the recording companies.
I think she downloaded them and then illegally distributed them. I was gonna say it would be whack to be fined for just downloading, but it’s more I’m sure.
How come only that women got fined rofl
There’s like millions of people in the world who download music from limewireMasterCheeze said: I think she downloaded them and then illegally distributed them. I was gonna say it would be whack to be fined for just downloading, but it’s more I’m sure.It’s unfortunate, but digital stuff just can’t be controlled that well. Say someone installs a copy of his game on my computer, that would be illegally distributing the game.
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THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT IS GONNA END. NUUU.
That is true, Nass, and it’s passing by close enough that Earth’s gravitational force may pull in a part of it. It’s said to be around the size of Delaware, and it’s suspected to land in Canada or around the Arctic Ocean.
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