RIAA appeals Thomas-Rasset case

RIAA appeals Thomas-Rasset case
As expected, the RIAA has appealed the latest Jammie Thomas-Rasset decision.

Citing the court's failure to classify Thomas-Rasset's actions as a "distribution" under 106(3) of the Copyright Act, the RIAA believes the defendant will likely repeat her previous actions and violate the Copyright Act.



If the jury can define "distribution" as the RIAA wants it, it will likely result in a third trial.

Here is the backstory:

In 2006, Jammie Thomas-Rasset was sent a letter asking her to settle (for $3300) over alleged unauthorized file sharing of 24 tracks.

She refused and decided to take the case to court.

In 2007, Thomas-Rasset was found liable for $1.92 million in damages, but a retrial saw the fine dropped to $220,000. In 2010, however, a judge reduced the award to $54,000. The RIAA told Thomas-Rasset that they would accept $25,000, if she would agree to ask the judge to remove the decision from the record. She did not accept the terms of the deal and the trial went to part 3. Later that year, Thomas lost again in court, with a jury finding her liable for $1.5 million in copyright infringement damages. The Minnesota woman appealed.

in July, the judge reduced the verdict to $54,000 again, calling the original jury award "appalling."

The RIAA has now prolonged the longest saga ever involving pirated music tracks.

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 23 Aug 2011 1:52
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piracy Lawsuit RIAA Appeal Jamie Thomas Rasset
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  • 5 comments
  • xtago

    I would think the next court will be asking RIAA why they have appealed and to prove why she should be paying more for the songs.

    23.8.2011 04:01 #1

  • ps3lvanub

    You go girl!



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    23.8.2011 04:56 #2

  • KillerBug

    Quote:
    Citing the court's failure to classify Thomas-Rasset's actions as a "distribution" under 106(3) of the Copyright Act, the RIAA believes the defendant will likely repeat her previous actions and violate the Copyright Act.
    Yeah...because the fine is only about 2.5 years wages for her; I'm sure she will just shrug it off and go back to doing what she was doing.

    Actually, come to think of it, she will probably be pirating music again regardless; she can never pay for it again.

    23.8.2011 07:24 #3

  • plazma247

    Reading the back story anyone would think the RIAA managed to pick their own or influence the judge when they appeal.

    How much more than the $54,000 have they spend on lawyers already on this...?

    23.8.2011 11:15 #4

  • Mysttic

    I would imagine this appeal going no where at this point. Like how many times has this case been appealed? Sooner or later the judge is just going to ream on the RIAA for wasting tax payers $.

    23.8.2011 12:13 #5

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