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FINED $1.92 MILLION IN DOWNLOADING SUIT

Mon, Jun 22, 2009

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The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) continues his quest against illegal file-sharing, and won a victory last week when it was awarded a $1.92 million judgement against a 32-year-old woman from Minnesota.

According to reports, Jammie Thomas-Rasset was found guilty in an earlier case in which she was ordered to pay $222,000 for the same songs. However, that case was declared a mistrial, and she opted for a new trial instead of settling with the RIAA like 30,000+ others before her to get hit with suits from the organization.

That decision turned out to be the wrong one, when a federal jury on Thursday (June 18) found Thomas-Rasset liable for file-sharing, fining her $1.92 million for allegedly downloading 24 songs.

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2 Comments For This Post

  1. Anonymous Says:

    damn i guess i should stop using lime wire.

  2. MR. SWAGGER Says:

    THIS IS B.S!!!!! THE RIAA KNOWS 1.92 MILL IS CHANGE TO THEM. THEY NEED TO STOP THIS BULL. HOW IS A MOTHER OF FOUR SUPPOSED TO PAY 1.92 MILLION

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