[IP] Woman illegally downloads 24 songs, fined to tune of $1.9 million - for stealing $23.76 of music!!

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>
Date: June 19, 2009 5:05:54 PM EDT
To: Bob Frankston <Bob19-0501@bobf.frankston.com>
Cc: dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: FW: Woman illegally downloads 24 songs, fined to tune of  
$1.9 million - for stealing $23.76 of music!!


Interesting spin here:

http://www.examiner.com/x-498-Indie-Rock-Examiner~y2009m6d19-How-CNN- 
misled-you-about-the-19-million-RIAA-filesharing-case

--Lauren--


On 06/19 16:18, Bob Frankston wrote:
> I saw Dewayne put it a piece on this but I'm surprised that there  
> hasn't
> been more reaction.
>
>
>
> From: Bob Frankston [mailto:Bob19-0501@bobf.frankston.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 01:10
> To: Prof. David J. J Farber (dave@farber.net)
> Subject: Woman illegally downloads 24 songs, fined to tune of $1.9  
> million -
> for stealing $23.76 of music!!
>
>
>
> Can any (sane) lawyer defend this? Do we have a Supreme Court  
> sufficiently
> out of touch with reality to let this stand? Or is this a secret  
> plot by the
> RIAA to generate sufficient anger to put an end to its regime?
>
>
>
>
> <http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/18/minnesota.music.download.fine/index.htm
> l>
> http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/18/minnesota.music.download.fine/index.html
>
>
>
> A federal jury Thursday found a 32-year-old Minnesota woman guilty of
> illegally downloading music from the Internet and fined her $80,000  
> each --
> a total of $1.9 million -- for 24 songs.
>
>
>
> Illegal downloads of musical files will cost a Minnesota woman $1.9  
> million,
> a jury has decided.
>
>
>
> Jammie Thomas-Rasset's case was the first such copyright  
> infringement case
> to go to trial in the United States, her attorney said.
>
>
>
> Attorney Joe Sibley said that his client was shocked at fine, noting  
> that
> the price tag on the songs she downloaded was 99 cents.
>
>
>
> She plans to appeal, he said.
>
>
>
> Cara Duckworth, a spokeswoman for the Recording Industry Association  
> of
> America, said the RIIA was "pleased that the jury agreed with the  
> evidence
> and found the defendant liable."
>
>
>
> "We appreciate the jury's service and that they take this as  
> seriously as we
> do," she said.
>
>
>
> .




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