[solaris]

Even if I don't use P2P or anything similar, sometimes I'm just glad that I wasn't born in "The Land Of The Free":

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

[mdotbb]

almost $10,000 penalty per song. ludicrous.

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.

[solaris]

Originally Posted by mdotbb

almost $10,000 penalty per song. ludicrous.

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.

I guess they want to get an early lead on Halliburton for next years "Worst American Company"-awards. They propably thought this year's poll was a little too close a race for comfort and wanted to make sure that number two in a row would be easier