A U.S. District judge has ordered a Rockmart woman to pay $6,350 in fines to five major recording companies for charges related to Internet file-sharing.
Judge Harold L. Murphy, Rome, granted summary judgment in favor of Maverick, Sony BMG, Atlantic, Capitol and Arisa Recording Companies who claimed in a civil suit that Carma Walls illegally downloaded and shared eight songs which they own.
The judgment fines Walls $6,000 in statutory damages, an amount representing $750 in statutory damages for each of the eight copyrighted sound recordings listed in the complaint; plus $350 in costs associated with filing this action.
