Wednesday, June 24, 2009

2M dollar FINE for sharing MUSIC online!

A Minnesota mother of four is facing a nearly $2 million fine for illegally sharing music she downloaded on her computer.

A jury ruled that 32-year-old Jammie Thomas-Rasset owes $1.92 million to four major music labels after she downloaded and shared 24 songs by artists such as Green Day, Janet Jackson, Godsmack and Richard Marx.

The jury decision amounts to $80,000 per song.

Thomas was found guilty of similar charges in 2007 and fined $220,000 in damages. But that verdict was thrown out because an error in jury instructions, paving the way for a retrial and Thursday's ruling."

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/national_world&id=6875021&rss=rss-kabc-article-6875021

1 comment:

rsq said...

sino ka, bruno? two lines? ouch, indeed.