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

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, [...]

By: Judge in Tenenbaum Case to Jury – Defedant Guilty, Pick a Fine

Judge in Tenenbaum Case to Jury – Defedant Guilty, Pick a Fine — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:20:41 +0000

[...] for this to happen, the plaintiffs have to be part of the RIAA or MPAA and simply show up, and claim their millions – if the MPAAs comments about needing evidence is anything to go by. The defendant’s [...]

By: Canadian Copyright Consultation – Transcript of Round Table 1 Online

Canadian Copyright Consultation – Transcript of Round Table 1 Online — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:56:45 +0000

[...] noted that the million and a half dollar fine was disproportionate, though the fine was actually much closer to 2 million. On a number of occasions, Jared Moya, the other writer for ZeroPaid, noted how while the [...]

By: Canada’s Copyright Consultation Has Many Talking

Canada’s Copyright Consultation Has Many Talking — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:15:00 +0000

[...] Already, there are over 450 responses to one page alone on the consultation website. Skimming through the comments, one quickly notes that comments that are for restricting copyright are few and far between (with many comments disagreeing with those who were for restricting copyright laws) People from all walks of life, from educators to artists to DJs to software developers to average consumers to librarians (etc.) have been gravitating to the copyright consultation to express their frustrations with DRM and how Fair Use isn’t broad enough. There was even the odd comment on how even if file-sharing is criminalized, the punishment should fit the crime (something that has been a huge controversy in the US over the conviction of Jammie Thomas who was fined $1.92 Million for sharing 24 songs) [...]

By: State of the holy war for commodified ideas: the Spanish front « Spirit of Contradiction

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:12:46 +0000

[...] successes in fighting the spread of copying. People who shared a handful of songs have been fined unspeakable amounts of money, people selling CDs in the streets have been jailed, and so on. Even in Sweden, home of the Pirate [...]

By: RIAA to Judge: “No More P2P for Jammie Thomas!”

RIAA to Judge: “No More P2P for Jammie Thomas!” — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:20:46 +0000

[...] that one couldn’t imagine in their wildest dreams. Today is no exception. After recently winning a sickening $1.92 million USD judgment against suburban housewife Jammie Thomas for illegally [...]

By: No Deal! Jammie Thomas to Appeal $1.92 Million Fine

No Deal! Jammie Thomas to Appeal $1.92 Million Fine — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:20:09 +0000

[...] started to look like it would go her way, but in June, she lost the re-trial and was fined $1.92 million. Serious questions were raised by many over whether or not that fine is [...]

By: D.AN

D.AN — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:21:24 +0000

Oh? So that’s why you have such poor reading comprehension!