RIAA trial verdict is in: jury finds Thomas liable for infringement

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http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/7710/riaa4wt.gifDuluth, Minnesota — After just four hours of deliberation and two days of testimony, a jury found that Jammie Thomas was liable for infringing the record labels' copyrights on all 24 the 24 recordings at issue in the case of Capitol Records v. Jammie Thomas. The jury awarded $9,250 in statutory damages per song, after finding that the infringement was "willful," out of a possible total of $150,000 per song. The grand total? $222,000 in damages.

:source: Source: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071004-verdict-is-in.html

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*Appeal.



One down, many more to go?

The first case has gone to trial, and the verdict is in. The music labels now have a notch on their belt, while a woman who spent thousands of dollars on their product is now faced with a large judgment. The RIAA hopes that this and the 20,000 other cases serve as a deterrent to would-be file-sharers, but the question of whether or not the music industry is engendering so much hostility and bad press with its campaign that it outweighs any short-term benefits remains. With a verdict in their favor, the RIAA hopes to ratchet the campaign of fear up a notch and says it will press forward with its legal campaign.


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:view: Neowin.Net: Judge Bars RIAA President Sherman from Testifying (http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=42965)