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<span style="font-weight: bold">$1.5 million fine for downloading 24 songs</span>
Source: Yahoo Music
Over the last few years, Jammie Thomas-Rasset Minnesota mother of four has spent her life debating in court.
She is being penalized for downloading illegally and sharing 24 songs file-sharing network Kazaa in 2006, however, the worth she owes the record labels has been in question.
In her third trial, the jury has just ruled that Thomas-Rasset should pay Capitol Records $1.5 million, CNET reports.If break down, it’s $62,500 per song.
Apparently, the penalty is somewhat heavy considering the 24 tunes would only cost approximately $24 on iTunes, which was Thomas-Rasset’ argument, too.
In 2007, her first trial, the jury ordered her to pay $222,000 for violating the copyright on more than 1,700 songs by Green Day, Aerosmith and Richard Marx, just to name a few.
Earlier this year a U.S. District Court judge discovered the $1.92 million penalty against Thomas-Rasset to be huge and "gross injustice" before lowering it to $54,000, or $2,250 a song. Thomas-Rasset and her legal team decided to appeal that verdict, too.
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. <span style="font-weight: bold">$1.5 million fine for downloading 24 songs</span>
Source: Yahoo Music
Over the last few years, Jammie Thomas-Rasset Minnesota mother of four has spent her life debating in court.
She is being penalized for downloading illegally and sharing 24 songs file-sharing network Kazaa in 2006, however, the worth she owes the record labels has been in question.
In her third trial, the jury has just ruled that Thomas-Rasset should pay Capitol Records $1.5 million, CNET reports.If break down, it’s $62,500 per song.
Apparently, the penalty is somewhat heavy considering the 24 tunes would only cost approximately $24 on iTunes, which was Thomas-Rasset’ argument, too.
In 2007, her first trial, the jury ordered her to pay $222,000 for violating the copyright on more than 1,700 songs by Green Day, Aerosmith and Richard Marx, just to name a few.
Earlier this year a U.S. District Court judge discovered the $1.92 million penalty against Thomas-Rasset to be huge and "gross injustice" before lowering it to $54,000, or $2,250 a song. Thomas-Rasset and her legal team decided to appeal that verdict, too.
<a href="http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/amplifier/148/minnesota-mom-hit-with-15-million-fine-for-downloading-24-songs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">
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