Saturday, 6 November 2010

Single Mom Fined $1.5 Million for Downloading Music

Seems a bit HARSH?

Amplify’d from news.gather.com
Single Mom Fined $1.5 Million for Downloading Music

A Minnesota woman has been fined $1.5 million for illegally downloading and sharing music online. Her attorney argues the fine is unreasonable.

"A federal jury found Wednesday that Jammie Thomas-Rasset, of Brainerd, must pay $62,500 per song — for a total of $1.5 million — for illegally violating copyrights on 24 songs. This was the third jury to consider damages in her case, and each has found that she must pay — though different amounts," according to MSNBC.

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