Report: RIAA Awarded $222K From First Individual Copyright Infringement Trial; Tracks From GUNS N' ROSES, DEF LEPPARD Included
December 22, 2008, 15 years ago
MarketingVOX reports:
Jammie Thomas, a single mother of two from Brainerd, Minnesota, was found liable of copyright infringement by the RIAA. 12 jurors determined she must pay $9,250 each for the 24 songs she downloaded - a total of $222,000, according to Wired's Threat Level.
Though the RIAA thinks it sends a strong message by handing out lawsuits, online measuring service BigChampagne says the number of P2P users unlawfully trading goods has tripled since the RIAA first began targeting individuals in 2003: Up from 3.8 million to 9 million. Around 70 percent of those trade digital music.
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