Huge fine in US file-sharing case

[Chippiewill]

Source:http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_8108000/8108589.stm

A woman has been ordered to pay $1.9 million (£1.2m) in the only file-sharing case to go to trial in the US.

A jury in Minnesota ruled Jammie Thomas-Rasset, 32, had violated music copyright and must pay damages to the record industry.

The mother of four from Minnesota was accused of illegally sharing 24 songs from artists including Sheryl Crow and Green Day.

[Flisker]

Wow, if only they knew what was happening world wide :rolleyes:

[Recursion]

Was this the one where she was found sharing the files over KaZaA and was battling in court against Virgin Records etc that was carried on from last year?

[lick]

24songs lol? that is so ******* stupid

[Jordy]

24songs lol? that is so ******* stupidNo that's 24 songs she's accused of downloading, she's probably downloaded thousands but she's getting away with them.

[Recursion]

She wasn't downloading, she was sharing through her KaZaA shared folder.

[Berch]

Wow. I feel sorry for her being a mum and being hit with a huge fine like that.

[Chippiewill]

Let that be a lesson to you Berch.... and you boast about DLing so your bound to get caught....

[lick]

she says she is a mum of 4 and she dose not care about it because they are not going to get it, it alsosays most other people settled out of court for 1500$

[Berch]

Let that be a lesson to you Berch.... and you boast about DLing so your bound to get caught....

Boast? Erm k.

Ye but she didn't get fined for downloading she got fined for sharing the songs to other people.