Comments on: Jammie Thomas Fined $1.92 Million for Sharing 24 Songs

By: Judge Slashes Jammie Thomas Fine to $54,000

Judge Slashes Jammie Thomas Fine to $54,000 — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:58:31 +0000

[...] 2009, Jammie Thomas was fined $1.92 million for sharing 24 songs. The fine was not satisfactory for all parties in the case and Thomas appealed. The question of how [...]

By: RIAA Defends $1.5 Million Thomas File-Sharing Verdict

RIAA Defends $1.5 Million Thomas File-Sharing Verdict — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:37:16 +0000

[...] songs in question, only that it was possible to do so, but it didn’t seem to matter. A jury found Thomas liable for wilful copyright infringement and fined her $220,000.On appeal the amount was bumped up to a [...]

By: Jammie Thomas Wants P2P Damages Reduced to Zero

Jammie Thomas Wants P2P Damages Reduced to Zero — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:36:41 +0000

[...] two years later the retrial was finally held, and the verdict was even worse than the first – $1.92 million, or $80,000 [...]

By: RIAA Claims LimeWire Owes it Billions

RIAA Claims LimeWire Owes it Billions — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:00:28 +0000

[...] Jammie Thomas, the first person convicted for illegal file-sharing in the US, was found liable of the more serious willful copyright infringement charge and fined $80,000 per infringement. For illegally sharing 24 songs her tab came to $1.92 million. [...]

By: RIAA Rejects Reduced File-Sharing Judgment

RIAA Rejects Reduced File-Sharing Judgment — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:00:30 +0000

[...] Jammie Thomas grew more complex after Judge Davis of the United States District Court lowered the original $1.92 million verdict against Jammie Thomas, the first person convicted of illegal file-sharing in the US, from $80,000 [...]

By: Judge: Deterrence Cannot Justify $2 million P2P Verdict

Judge: Deterrence Cannot Justify $2 million P2P Verdict — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:26:51 +0000

[...] J. Davis of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota today set aside the $1.92 million verdict against Jammie Thomas, the first music-downloading case to go to trial in the United [...]

By: Canada and the EU Secretly Negotiating One Strike Policy?

Canada and the EU Secretly Negotiating One Strike Policy? — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:48:54 +0000

[...] the damages awarded to record labels during the Jammie Thomas case ($1.92 Million) and Joel Tenenbaum ($675,000) is now magically fine and [...]

By: Copyright Maximalist Criticises the Idea of ‘Endless Consultations’

[...] What about how big file-sharing is in the United States even though one person was fined $1.92 million for sharing 24 songs? What about the UK political war over three strikes where one ISP was under fire for implementing [...]

By: US Govt Urges Judge to Reject Thomas’ Unconstitutionality Claim

US Govt Urges Judge to Reject Thomas’ Unconstitutionality Claim — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:23:34 +0000

[...] Jammie Thomas was fined $1.92 million for sharing 24 songs, the verdict sent shock waves throughout the world. Thomas’ lawyers then appealed the [...]

By: Manitoba Music Industry Association Shuns CRIA Stance on Copyright

Manitoba Music Industry Association Shuns CRIA Stance on Copyright — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:03:49 +0000

[...] was long before Jamie Thomas was fined $1.92 Million for sharing 24 songs and Joel Tenenbaums $675,000 fine for sharing 30 songs. If anything else, [...]