24 Songs for the low, low price of $1.9 million.
In a full on, beat down of a woman who downloaded 24 songs (street value $23.76), a Minnesota Jury returned a verdict against Ms. Thomas-Rasset for $ 80,000 for each song she willfully downloaded.
Cara Duckworth, a spokeswoman for the Recording Industry Association of America, said the RIIA was “pleased that the jury agreed with the evidence and found the defendant liable.” “We appreciate the jury’s service and that they take this as seriously as we do,” she said.
I’m reminded of the Star Trek episode were Wesley Crusher is sentenced to death for crossing a white line and stepping on the grass. Some laws are just stupid.
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November 13th, 2009 at 9:02 am
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