Friday, October 5th 2007
Woman Fined $222,000 for Music Sharing
Jammie Thomas, a single mother from Minnesota, has been ordered to pay $222,000 in damages after being found guilty of illegally sharing music over the internet. Thomas was found to have shared over 1,700 files via Kazaa under the username Tereastarr, of which 24 were named in court. As a result she was ordered to pay $9,250 for each of the 24 songs, which totalled to $222,000. Thomas' defence attorney argued that there was no proof she was behind the keyboard sharing the songs, and forensic scientists were unable to find any evidence on her hard drive because it has been recently replaced. However, based on the fact that Thomas used the nickname Tereastarr for a number of internet services and that the sharing had been traced to her modem's MAC address the jury found her guilty of the charges. At the end of the case RIAA attorney Richard Gabriels said "This is what can happen if you don't settle."
Source:
DailyTech
51 Comments on Woman Fined $222,000 for Music Sharing
Any chance they can sue them for over charging for some thing lol ?..
Not the same thing but i own a lot of downloaded games legaly and one day i decided to download them all and put them on cd's\dvd's and Comcast warned me about mass downloading.
you sir just committed a software piracy crime! your a criminal! :eek:
As a kid I use to tape my favorite songs from the radio station onto cassette tapes. If my friends wanted a copy of the cassette, I would make them a copy. Now that I am older, I really do not care all the much for the music industry. I rarely buy music CDs and get enough music enjoyment by listening to the radio while driving. I wish I could go back in time with the knowledge I have now, because I spent a lot of money on music cassettes that are now sitting the the storage room... of course, once CDs came out I had to go out and update my favorites by buying the CD. Anyway, my point is that the people might be downloading and sharing songs... but is that really hurting the music industry as much as they think... I have a hunch that the guilty people have a large collection of LEGAL music just as I did. They ARE supporting the industry as much as their income allows... but they simply can not afford to buy everything they like.
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Not seen it were it goes on about game rights lol.
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she should be fined only for using that spy-ware laced kazaa, not sharing music.
my point of irritation in this is if someone in timbuktu is sharing a song and i download it then the kazzaa programs allow others to take it from my files then i have done nothing wrong. yet i can be prosecuted for that. now if i bought a song or cd and then uploaded it for others to download then yes that is a crime and i should be prosecuted for that action.
maybe it is useless but we can hope;)
now how much real impact will that have on file sharing? i think very little.
They're also putting 1/2 of the cash to their pocket and bribe the other ****!!!! :banghead::banghead::banghead:
It's the same thing with a book, you buy the right to read the words, not copy them and resell it. You can transfer your license to someone else, but you can't retain the book.
I know what I am doing because I have a copyright on a video tape and I had someone copying and reselling it.
Kinda like if a thief breaks in to your house and herts him \ her self you are responisble for that even too these days.
When stealing music, no matter how much, you have to accept that you are doing something illegal and will have to accept the consequences for any legal issues that arise.
I mean this could happen to anyone, but because she is a single mother doesn't make me feel sympthay for her. :(
all i know is that from now on people will think twice about sharing files freely and they will be moved to membership sites in ubekistan somewhere out of the reach of the us nazi party and not one less song will be downloaded so why bankrupt this woman and ruin her kids futures just to make a point?
Well, we aren't that bad, but you come in, I blow your head off, I get off for self defense.
Indeed.....here in AZ we still can carry exposed weapons, as our precious 2nd amendment preserves. Its amazing how polite society is when the threat of deadly force is ever present. I still contend that the tragedies of 9/11 would have never occurred had all passengers practiced their 2nd amendment right to bear arms - even tasers would have been better than nothing against a box cutter....geeez!
Regards,
jtleon
Is there anything more to say? :(
But the penalty far outweighs the crime. There is absolutely no justification for the amount ordered. None what so ever. This is a sad day for the US Justice system indeed.