Jury in RIAA Trial Slaps $2 Million Fine on Jammie Thomas

She should have settled when she had the chance ! 24 songs ? 2 Million ? that is pretty steep , especially when you see the Stuff she was downloading ! Journey - Don't stop Believing ? not worth 80,000 , sheryl crow , richard Marx , Bryan adams , and some gloria Estefan ? stuff we all should be paid to listen to !

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The Universal Music Group, owned by Vivendi, and other record labels were awarded $1.92 million on Thursday in the retrial of a Minnesota woman accused of swapping music over the Kazaa Internet service.

The federal jury in Minneapolis said the woman, Jammie Thomas-Rasset, 32, of Brainerd, should pay $80,000 for each of the 24 songs that were posted on the site so others could download them.

The first time the case went to trial, in 2007, a jury awarded $9,250 a song, or $222,000.

The Recording Industry Association of America brought more than 35,000 legal actions against people it claimed were illegally sharing music before changing its policy in December. This is the only case that has gone to trial.

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