CrackMonkey wrote:P71 wrote:What if you were found guilty and a jury decided you owed the record labels $80,000 per song. Not a host site or major player, we're talking about a regular person in the US who downloaded 24 whole songs. Like what, two albums?
Did you even read the article you linked? She was sharing more than 1700 songs. This is the second trial in which she was found guilty (the first was deemed a mistrial by the judge because he erred in jury instructions given at the beginning of the case).
While I find the $80,000/offense fine completely ludicrous, it seems she is guilty as charged and would have done well to settle for reasonable amount (as the RIAA typically allows, and has stated will allow her to do now, despite the verdict).
What article are you reading? From the first paragraph:
"MINNEAPOLIS – The $1.92 million verdict against a Minnesota woman accused of sharing 24 songs over the Internet could ratchet up the pressure on other defendants to settle with the recording industry — if the big fine can withstand an appeal."
