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

By: D.AN

D.AN — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:28:15 +0000

Now don’t start speculating what happened a few decades ago.

By: music player

music player — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:19:49 +0000

This is ridiculous. Crucifying a person for this is just the RIAA trying to make an example and scare (terrorize) others from doing the same thing.

By: Jammie Thomas Wants a Retrial, Says Damages Unconstitutional

Jammie Thomas Wants a Retrial, Says Damages Unconstitutional — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:02:44 +0000

[...] few days ago, we noted that Jammie Thomas and her lawyers vowed to appeal the $1.92 million damage award saying that the [...]

By: Jorge

Jorge — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:49:31 +0000

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10280531-93.html

By: mal greenborg

mal greenborg — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:40:15 +0000

People who made hundreds or thousands of copies available to others got sued. If they made tapes and distributed them without compensating the owners of the content, they got sued. Sharing a file on BT is like making a copy for anyone who asks – a hundred, a thousand, a million. If your uncle made copies like that back in the day, he got sued, and actually, the police used to arrest people for that as well.

By: DrewWilson

DrewWilson — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:08:12 +0000

You are making mountains out of molehills, you realize that. It’s one bloody word in an entire article. Calm down.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:17:36 +0000

So if I share songs by the British group “Style Counsil” will I need to seek counsel, or council? But wait, shouldn’t it be “Style Counsel” since presumably they “advise” people on style? Or is that “advice” people? I think the RIAA is f•••ing us.

I would ask the judge where all these lawsuits were back when it was VERY easy for people to copy music and movies. Shit my porny uncle can operate his VCR, but needs help resizing a photo.

By: Gamer8585

Gamer8585 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:05:27 +0000

@Norm

“Incorrect. In the United States, bankrupcty does not erase court fines, neither criminal nor civil. ”

AFAIK, It depends on the case and the judgment. What can happen in a bankruptcy depends on the type of bankruptcy filed for (Chapter 7, Chapter 11, chapter 13, etc.) and in the end what the judge rules which debts can and cannot be discharged.

In a case like Ms. Thomas’ the industry would need to prove “malice” during a bankruptcy hearing to prevent the debt from being wiped. Something that may be very difficult to do from sharing 24 songs.

I don’t know what happened with your bankruptcy, or the conditions surrounding it, but in the Thomas case it looks like the defendant may have a complete out though chapter 7 bankruptcy.

By: DrewWilson

DrewWilson — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:03:25 +0000

Well, if it makes you guys feel any better, I changed the word from one technically spelled variation to the other.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:25:22 +0000

It depends, Norm. Most of the time, if you file bankruptcy it creates a “stay” on all parties trying to collect debt. That means that they cannot collect.

Only an experienced bankruptcy lawyer can comment on this, and I’m certainly not one. But from what I’ve gathered, it is possible to stop civil suit debts with bankruptcy.