The Day The Music Died: RIAA Wins File Sharing Case
Published by Josh Foster October 5th, 2007 in Entertainment, Internet, Music.
A federal jury today decided that Jammie Thomas of Minnesota must pay $220,000 to 6 major music labels after she was found guilty of copyright violation via Kazaa, a peer-to-peer file sharing service.
Ms. Thomas was the first of over 26,000 people that had been sued by the Recording Industry Association of America to take the battle to the courts. She has always maintained her innocence and claimed she didn’t even have a Kazaa account.
“When the evidence is clear, we will continue to bring legal actions against those individuals who have broken the law,” gloated the RIAA in an e-mailed statement.
“This program is important to securing a level playing field for legal online music services and helping ensure that record companies are able to invest in new bands of tomorrow.”
Courtesy of Wired, here are the 24 songs she was found guilty of sharing:
*Guns N Roses “Welcome to the Jungle” and “November Rain.” *Vanessa Williams “Save the Best for Last.” *Janet Jackson “Let’s What Awhile.” *Gloria Estefan “Here We Are,” “Coming Out of the Heart” and “Rhythm is Gonna Get You.” *Goo Goo Dolls “Iris.” *Journey “Faithfully” and “Don’t Stop Believing.” *Sara McLachlan “Possession” and “Building a Mystery.” *Aerosmith “Cryin’ ” *Linkin Park “One Step Closer.” *Def Leppard “Pour Some Sugar on Me.” *Reba McEntire “One Honest Heart.” *Bryan Adams “Somebody.” *No Doubt “Bathwater,” “Hella Good” and “Different People.” *Sheryl Crow “Run Baby Run.” *Richard Marx “Now and Forever.” *Destiny’s Child “Bills, Bills, Bills.” *Green Day “Basket Case.”
Gulp. It’s a win for the RIAA. 220k for sharing 24 songs. I wonder how they calculated that fine.