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Woman Fights Music-Sharing Verdict

Plans to appeal $222K fine for putting 24 songs on Kazaa P2P service

By John Barley,  Newser User

Posted Oct 9, 2007 12:49 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Ordered to pay $9,250 for each of 24 illegally shared songs, a 30-year-old Native American single mother has decided to appeal the judgment against her in a copyright infringement case, her lawyer announced in a CNN interview. A jury determined last week that she owed a total of $222,000 to the music labels they believed were damaged by her use of the Kazaa file-sharing network.

PC World reports the verdict could be a sign of more to come, as the RIAA, the umbrella group representing the music industry, has filed more than 20,000 lawsuits against individuals for alleged infringement. A website established for supporters to help Jammie Thomas with legal expenses had collected $957 as of Monday.

Jammie Thomas of Brainerd, Minn., right, leaves the federal courthouse with her attorney, Brian Toder of Minneapolis after the jury returned a verdict against her on the third and final day of her civil trial for alleged music pirating through illegal sharing of song files in Duluth, Minn., Thursday, Oct....
Jammie Thomas of Brainerd, Minn., right, leaves the federal courthouse with her attorney, Brian Toder of Minneapolis after the jury returned a verdict against her on the third and final day of her civil...   (Associated Press)
Jammie Thomas of Brainerd, Minn., takes a break outside U.S. District Court in Deluth, Minn., Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007, following jury selection on the first day of her civil trial for alleged music pirating through illegal sharing of song files. Thomas, a 30-year-old mother of two, is the first...
Jammie Thomas of Brainerd, Minn., takes a break outside U.S. District Court in Deluth, Minn., Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007, following jury selection on the first day of her civil trial for alleged music pirating...   (Associated Press)
Jammie Thomas of Brainerd, Minn. walks out of the U.S. District Court in Duluth, Minn. Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007, after jury selection on the first day of her civil trial for alleged music pirating through illegal sharing of song files. Thomas, a 30-year-old mother of two, is the first...
Jammie Thomas of Brainerd, Minn. walks out of the U.S. District Court in Duluth, Minn. Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007, after jury selection on the first day of her civil trial for alleged music pirating through...   (Associated Press)
Timothy Reynolds, plaintiff's attorney in the Recording Industry Association of America lawsuit against Jammie Thomas of Brainerd, Minn. leaves the federal courthouse building in Duluth, Minn, on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007 during a midday break. Some 26,000 lawsuits have been filed over alleged misuse by illegal downloading and file-sharing...
Timothy Reynolds, plaintiff's attorney in the Recording Industry Association of America lawsuit against Jammie Thomas of Brainerd, Minn. leaves the federal courthouse building in Duluth, Minn, on Thursday,...   (Associated Press)
Plaintiff's attorneys, including Timothy Reynolds, foreground, in the Recording Industry Association of America lawsuit against Jammie Thomas of Brainerd, Minn. enter the federal courthouse building in Duluth, Minn. Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007. Thomas, a 30-year-old mother of two, is the first of 26,000 people sued by the industry whose...
Plaintiff's attorneys, including Timothy Reynolds, foreground, in the Recording Industry Association of America lawsuit against Jammie Thomas of Brainerd, Minn. enter the federal courthouse building in...   (Associated Press)
Jammie Thomas of Brainerd, Minn. takes a break after jury selection outside at U.S. District Court in Duluth, Minn. on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007, for the first day of her civil trial for alleged music pirating through illegal sharing of song files. Thomas, a 30-year-old mother of two, is...
Jammie Thomas of Brainerd, Minn. takes a break after jury selection outside at U.S. District Court in Duluth, Minn. on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007, for the first day of her civil trial for alleged music pirating...   (Associated Press)
Richard Gabriel, lead plaintiff's attorney in the Recording Industry Association of America lawsuit against Jammie Thomas of Brainerd, Minn. speaks with reporters outside the federal courthouse building in Duluth, Minn, on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007. The recording industry won a key fight Thursday against illegal music downloading when a federal...
Richard Gabriel, lead plaintiff's attorney in the Recording Industry Association of America lawsuit against Jammie Thomas of Brainerd, Minn. speaks with reporters outside the federal courthouse building...   (Associated Press)
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