Andre Yoskowitz
18 Jun 2009 21:00
Last September, Minnesota woman Jammie Thomas was convicted of sharing 24 unauthorized tracks via P2P and was told to pay the RIAA $220,000 in damages. Thomas was granted a retrial however, which has gone to verdict today.
Thomas was found to have "committed willful violation" of the copyrights on the 24 songs and the jury has this time awarded the RIAA and the media companies $1.92 million USD, equivalent to $80,000 for each song.
The defendant had been given a retrial because a judge in the original case admitted to making an error in jury instructions.
The new outcome is substantially worse for Thomas, as the penalty now stands at $1.92 million compared to the original $220,000 fine.