RIAA Awarded $222,000 in First Jury Trial

Wow, what can be said that isn’t blatantly obvious? The RIAA has won another major case, against Jammie Thomas, a single mother with two kids. RIAA cases have always been ridiculous, but this one is more so because the jury decided that it was fair for a single mother to be liable for $222,000 for owning twenty-four pirated songs. Thomas is no doubt going to file an appeal, but how frustrating it is that the RIAA can get away with this…

Under the username “Tereastarr,” Thomas was found sharing just over 1,700 files via the Kazaa network on February 21, 2005. Of those 1,700 tracks, 24 were named – including music from popular artists such as AFI, Green Day, and Aerosmith – and for each one she was held liable for $9,250 worth of damages, coming to a grand total of $222,000.

Source: DailyTech