RE: Guilty verdict in music file-sharing case (CNN)

["Alex Eckelberry" <AlexE () sunbelt-software com>]

That's truly awful. 

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Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 6:41 PM
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Subject: [funsec] Guilty verdict in music file-sharing case (CNN)


Guilty verdict in music file-sharing case

Minn. woman ordered to pay $220,000 to record companies for illegally
sharing copyrighted material.
October 4 2007: 6:27 PM EDT

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) -- The recording industry won a key fight Thursday
against illegal music downloading when a federal jury found a Minnesota
woman shared copyrighted music online and levied $220,000 in damages
against her.

The jury ordered Jammie Thomas, 30, to pay the six record companies that
sued her $9,250 for each of 24 songs they focused on in the case.
They had alleged she shared 1,702 songs in all.

[...snip...]

More:
http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/04/news/download_guilty.ap/index.htm?postve
rsion=2007100418

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