Peter Friedman
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Case Western Reserve University School of Law

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June 19th, 2009 | Legal News, technology and law

$1.92 million penalty for illegally downloading 24 songs.

From cnet news:scream

Jammie Thomas-Rasset was found guilty of willful copyright infringement on Thursday in a Minneapolis federal court and must pay the recording industry $1.92 million. In a surprise decision, the jury imposed damages against Thomas-Rasset, who was originally accused to sharing more than 1,700 songs, at a whopping $80,000 for each of the 24 songs she was ultimately found guilty of illegally sharing.

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  1. Ruling Imagination: Law and Creativity » Blog Archive » The EFF surely wants Jammie Thomas not to settle at any price, while the RIAA, even though it won $1.92 from a jury, surely wants her to, likely for any price. Says:
    June 30th, 2009 at 3:27 pm

    [...] Masnick of Techdirt reports that the RIAA is anxious to settle the case in which it won $1.92 million from Jammie Thomas-Rasset for illegally downloading 24 songs. As Techdirt reports, the RIAA [...]

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