Jammie Thomas fined 1,9 million dollar for sharing 24 songs

Jammie Thomas's federal retrial concluded as a jury found her liable for willful copyright infringement, and get this -> awarding the record labels nearly $2 million in damages.

Thomas-Rasset was found liable for willfully infringing all 24 copyrights controlled by the four major record labels at issue in the case. The jury awarded the labels damages totaling an astounding $1.92 million.

Kiwi Camara, Thomas-Rasset's lead attorney, spoke briefly after the trial. He told reporters that when he first heard the $80,000 per song damage award, he was "angry about it" and said he had been convinced that any liability finding would have been for the minimum amount of $750 per song.

As for Thomas-Rasset, she appeared shaken by the verdict but didn't blame the jury. "They did their job," she said, "I'm not going to hold it against them." She added, though, that the recording industry would never collect the money. "Good luck trying to get it from me... it's like squeezing blood from a turnip."

Regardless of the fact what she did was wrong ... let me ask you guys, what the heck is wrong with the American legal system ? There is something seriously flawed. Sure, if someone does something wrong, you should get some sort of fine/penalty for that. But 80.000 USD per song ? That's downright corrupted and wrong at any level.

Speeding in a car endangers the lives of other people, so what's the fine on that in the USA ? You get fined 50, 100 maybe even 350 USD. That hurts, but you can recover from it and learn from your mistakes.

 ... download two dozen 99 cent songs and you have to pay 1.6 Million. Really, is that justice ? That legal system should be ashamed of itself with this result.

My aplologies for this somewhat heated news-post, typically I do not allow my personal judgement into news articles, as press we need to stay objective and focussed. But after this ordeal let me tell you, this editor is not planning not purchase any music anytime anymore. I'm completely done with the music industry and it's greed.