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Posted in industry | music on October 2, 2007

"Music download trial starts in Minn."

RIAA

DULUTH, Minn. - An amateur musician and 11 other jurors were seated Tuesday in the trial of Jammie Thomas, accused by the recording industry of sharing music online in violation of copyrights.

Thomas, a 30-year-old mother of two, is the first of 26,000 people sued by the industry whose case has gone to trial. An industry group and three recording companies claim she illegally offered 1,702 songs for free on a file-sharing network.......Capitol Records Inc., Warner Bros. Records Inc. and Sony BMG are among the companies suing Thomas.....[Yahoo]

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Posted on October 2, 2007 2:08 PM

Comments (4)

Burn her! No, hang her! No, hang her then burn her! No, no, burn then hang!

Posted by Anonymous | October 2, 2007 3:11 PM

Where can I get a copy of that poster?!

Posted by Anonymous | October 2, 2007 4:41 PM

that's why I don't share music. it slows down my downloading.

Posted by Anonymous | October 3, 2007 8:18 PM

Trial's over and the jury reached a verdict: guilty. They awarded the record labels $224K, and, this being a copyright case, they automatically get attorneys' fees as well. That's what I read.

Is her first name legally Jammie? That's wack.

Posted by Anonymous | October 5, 2007 1:18 AM

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