Jury Finds Jammie Thomas Liable for Infringement – Awards $222,000 To RIAA In First Trial Case
Jammie Thomas was found liable for copyright infringement in the nation’s first file-sharing case to go before a jury. Twelve jurors decided that the Minnesota woman, a single mother of two, must pay $9,250 for each of 24 shared songs that were the subject of the lawsuit, amounting to a whopping $222,000 in penalties. After the verdict was read, Thomas with bowed head left the courthouse without comment. The jurors also declined...
AIM Continues To Apply Pressure To The Office of Fair Trading
The Association of Independent Music (AIM), a trade organization representing UK independent labels, has officially responded to a request for information from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) regarding what they believe to be Universal Music’s slow dominance of the English recorded music market. Citing Universal’s recent acquisition of two of the UK’s largest independents, V2 and Sanctuary Records, AIM claims that...
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