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Be Careful What You Ask For

After Jammie Thomas was dinged for $200,000 in her first trial for illegally sharing 24 songs, she got her wish: a retrial. Won’t get dinged again, right? (Get it? It’s The Who. Won’t Get Fooled Again. Get it?)

Right. This time she got clobbered, to the tune of (pun intended) $2 million.

That is just nuts.

Anyway, the Recoding Industry Association of America isn’t gloating:

“Spokesperson Cara Duckworth of the RIAA, who attended the trial, told reporters afterwards, ‘Since day one we have been willing to settle this case … and we remain willing to do so.’”

Sounds like a good idea to me.  However, Jammie Thomas remains defiant: “‘Good luck trying to get it from me … it’s like squeezing blood from a turnip.’”

Full post as published by Jenkins Webblits on June 19, 2009 (boomark / email).