Settlement Rejected in ‘Shocking’ RIAA File Sharing Verdict

January 27th, 2010 admin

The recording industry is demanding Jammie Thomas-Rasset pay $25,000 to settle out of court the nation’s first file sharing case against an individual to have gone to trial –- a settlement offer the Minnesota mother of four is rejecting, lawyers in the case said Wednesday. The development came days after the federal judge in the case reduced to $54,000 a jury’s June finding …


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