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Guilty verdict in first file sharing case

Submitted by PhysicsPhil
PhysicsPhil writes "CNN and Ars Technica are reporting that the jury has returned a verdict in Capitol Records vs. Jammie Thomas. In the first music sharing suit to go to trial, a jury found Jammie Thomas guilty of copyright infringement. Jurors ruled that the infringement was willful and awarded damages of $222,000 out of a possible $3.6 million. The plaintiffs alleged she shared a total 1702 songs, but focused on only 24 songs during the trial. As would be expected, plaintiffs are pleased, defendant is not."
Music

Jury awards RIAA $222,000 piracy case->

Submitted by johndierks
johndierks 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. Twelve jurors here said the Minnesota woman must pay $9,250 for each of 24 shared songs that were the subject of the lawsuit, amounting to $222,000 in penalties. They could have dinged her for up to $3.6 million in damages, or awarded as little as $18,000. She was found liable for infringing songs from bands such as Journey, Green Day, AFI, Aerosmith and others. After the verdict was read, Thomas and her attorney left the courthouse without comment. The jurors also declined to talk to reporters."
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The Courts

RIAA wins sharing lawsuit, jury awards $222k->

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Kadin2048
Kadin2048 writes "Earlier today, a group of recording companies won the first file-sharing lawsuit to go before a jury. Jammie Thomas, of Brainerd, Michigan, was ordered to pay the companies $222,000 in damages for sharing 24 songs via the Kazaa network. The verdict creates an unfortunate precedent for future cases: the plaintiff did not have to prove that anyone ever downloaded the songs in question, only that they were 'made available' to the Internet generally. Also, they did not have to prove that Thomas ever had the Kazaa program installed on her computer — they only had to show that it was an IP address assigned to her that made the songs available. There is no word yet on whether she plans to appeal the decision."
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The Almighty Buck

$220,000 judgement for sharing 24 songs->

Submitted by Colin
Colin writes "Blech. I'm not sure how much longer the RIAA will think that suing consumers is a tenable strategy, but with judgements like this, one wonders if it might not be more profitable for the music industry to stop making albums altogether and make copyright infringement cases their primary source of income. Given the avalanche of mediocrity on the radio these days, that may be the only thing left that they excel at.

From the story: A U.S. district court jury this afternoon found a Brainerd woman liable for illegal music file sharing and awarded a group of recording companies $222,000. The jury found the Jammie Thomas had willfully committed copyright infringement by downloading and sharing all 24 songs for which the companies had sought damages."
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Programming

Virgin America asking for in-flight Linux Games ?

Submitted by Ageing Metalhead
Ageing Metalhead writes "Virgin America (http://www.virginamerica.com) is asking for the Open Source community to contribute to their in-flight entertainment offerings.

Seats will include 110v power, USB and RJ45 (Hopefully connected to some net connection on the other end) Open source video games (and an invitation for savvy linux game developers to participate in Red)"

Virgin softening the pain for all and not just First class, the main cabin has all the toys as well."

You will be traveling and coming into a fortune.