Lawyers Challenge Lowered Amount of ‘Shocking’ File Sharing Award

Lawyers for a music file sharer said Monday they would challenge a judge’s order reducing from $1.92 million to $54,000 the amount their client, Jammie Thomas-Rasset, must pay the recording industry for copyright infringement of 24 songs. The appeal concerns Friday’s head-spinning order by U.S. District Judge Michael Davis. The Minnesota federal judge dramatically lowered the amount a jury in June ordered Thomas-Rasset to pay — after being found liable in what at the time was the nation’s first Recording Industry Association of America file sharing case to reach trial. Most of the RIAA’s 30,000 lawsuits were settled out of court for a few thousand dollars during the record companies’ six-year litigation campaign, which is winding down. Joe…
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7 Crimes That Will Get You a Smaller Fine than File-Sharing
[Music]In response to the recent sentences against illegal downloaders for millions of dollars, here are seven crimes that will cost you less than downloading songs off BitTorrent.
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Radiohead to Testify Against the RIAA
[Music]Radiohead, the band that made millions of dollars by giving away their music for free, has very little to complain about when it comes to piracy. On the contrary, in a landmark file-sharing case, Radiohead has responded positively to a request to testify against the RIAA.
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File Sharing is not Piracy - Another Handy Guide
[Comedy]It's all clear to me now!
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Biden dislikes File Sharing, Net Neutrality and Encryption!!
[Political Opinion]Maybe you don't care about the doings in Washington, but you may want to know that Biden considers a lot of what you do care about criminal activity.
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Woman Defeats RIAA in Lawsuit, Wins $108K Legal Fees
[Tech Industry News]A federal judge is awarding Tanya Andersen, who defeated the Recording Industry Association of America's file sharing lawsuit, $108,000 in legal fees to compensate for defending herself against the RIAA. This marks the second time that a target of the RIAA who beat a lawsuit was awarded attorney's fees.



























