In October 2007, Thomas was found guilty of distributing copyrighted songs and ordered to pay a fine of $222,000 ($9,250 for each of the 24 songs involved in the case).  A year later the verdict was thrown out because of faulty jury instructions.  Last week I followed the Ars Technica coverage in the retrial of [...]

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The case involving Julie Amero was decided the day after Thanksgiving. For those that are not familiar, Amero is the substitute teacher in Connecticut that was convicted last year of 4 felony counts of “Risk of Injury to a Child” stemming from a 2004 incident involving porn popups displaying on a classroom computer while students [...]

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I’ve been trying to find the facts in the case of Capitol Records, et. al. vs. Jammie Thomas where Thomas was found guilty of distributing copyrighted songs and ordered to pay a fine of $222,000 ($9,250 for each of the 24 songs involved in the case). From what I have gathered, Thomas ripped her own CDs. The [...]

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