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MrFrank writes:
According to the Startribune , the jury has awarded the RIAA $220,000 in the Captiol v Thomas file-sharing trial. The jury found the Jammie Thomas had willfully committed copyright infringement. No comment about an appeal was provided.
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RIAAnonymous Coward writes:
Jammie Thomas, a single mother of two, was found liable Thursday for copyright infringement in the nation's first file-sharing case to go before a jury.
In proving liability, the industry did not have to demonstrate that the defendant's computer had a file-sharing program installed at the time that they inspected her hard drive. And the RIAA did not have to show that the defendant was at the keyboard when RIAA investigators accessed her shared folder.
Also, the judge in the case ruled that jurors may find copyright infringement liability against somebody solely for sharing files on the internet. The RIAA does not have to prove that others downloaded the files.
