$9,250 Per Song To Share LOL!! - 5th Oct 2007 4:02am
Originally Posted by BBC News
A court in the US has ordered a woman to pay $222,000 (£109,000) in damages for illegally downloading music.
The jury ordered Jammie Thomas, 32, from Minnesota, to pay for offering to share 24 specific songs online - a cost of $9,250 per song.
But the fine could have been millions, as record companies said she illegally shared a total of 1,702 songs.
Ms Thomas was the first person accused of illegal file-sharing who decided to fight the case in court.
Each year millions of households illegally share music files, and the music industry takes it as a serious threat to its revenue.
About 26,000 lawsuits have been filed against alleged file-sharers, but most defendants settle privately by paying a fine amounting to a few thousand dollars.
The jury ordered Jammie Thomas, 32, from Minnesota, to pay for offering to share 24 specific songs online - a cost of $9,250 per song.
But the fine could have been millions, as record companies said she illegally shared a total of 1,702 songs.
Ms Thomas was the first person accused of illegal file-sharing who decided to fight the case in court.
Each year millions of households illegally share music files, and the music industry takes it as a serious threat to its revenue.
About 26,000 lawsuits have been filed against alleged file-sharers, but most defendants settle privately by paying a fine amounting to a few thousand dollars.
WTF??!!! :OMG:
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