[dayglored]

No comment, I can't get words out, only curses.

Sure, she was probably guilty as hell of file sharing. But $80,000 per song???

I'm sure she plans to appeal... but still...

[devane617]

I am convinced all the folks in Minnesota are all brain damaged.

[dayglored]

Tech pings? Maybe a Mac ping, what the hey....

[RobRoy]

Looks like the penalty for downloading a single song is worse than for armed robbery.

I wonder what they charge there for California stops.

[SIDENET]

I thought that the recording industry had stopped going after downloaders.

I'm guessing that this case was filed before that happened.

[pray4liberty]

Terrible. This is not justice. Justice would be to make her pay for the songs and sign an agreement not to do it again. Then if she violates that then assess fines. This is ridiculous.

[LiberConservative]

And what will 0bama and the ‘Rats get for stealing trillions from us, our children, our grand children and great-grandchildren? Probably re-election in 2012.

[DuncanWaring]

She should have said they were “undocumented downloads”.

[taxtruth]

No comment.I’m in the same biz.

[mefistofelerevised]

Quess she should have paid .99 per song. She shouldn’t have her life ruined because of this. A little too nazi for me. It will probably be thrown out, but will cost her big bucks for attorneys.

[South40]

If she were black the false prophet Obama might pardon her. But since she's not she's screwed.

[CaptRon]

This fine is ridiculous. I wrote a book 30 years ago; a local history which had ties to a major event in Amrerican history. I have been thinking (and have the research) to write an historical novel based on that research. When I read these stories I wonder what I would do if someone stole my intellectual propoerty (in fact, the only reason I haven’t written it is I don’t know HOW to protect my idea because I cannot write it my self!)

[Flycatcher]

Federal jury, huh?

Surprised she wasn't fined $7.8 trillion per song.

[NautiNurse]

Lots more info here.

She is a mother of four, was using Kazaa, and reportedly had 1700 songs out for swapping. For simplicity, they only went after her for 24 of the 1700 songs. Otherwise, it could have been $136,000,000. A few more zeros, and she could retire the national debt. She turned down the usual plea bargain of $3K-$5K. Eeesh.

[taxtruth]

Anyone on this thread that is in the M biz understands this ruling.The non music biz people will not.

[Navy Patriot]

Considering all the rest of what's going on in the world, this fits right in.

[Mark]

Well, maybe just a few less Christmas presents this year.

[RobRoy]

New title: Jury awards plaintiff blood from turnip.

[TheWasteLand]

Stuff like this will only help speed up the death throes of the mainstream music industry, which is fine by me.

[Chode]

hyphenated last name tells a lot...

[freekitty]

Me too. This is really sticking it to a person.

But what did you expect from a bunch of music thugs who are and have always been crooks. They have been stealing from the public from day one.