A court in the US has ordered a woman to pay $222,000 (£109,000) in damages for illegally downloading music.
The jury ordered Jammie Thomas, 32, from Minnesota, to pay for offering to share 24 specific songs online - a cost of $9,250 per song.
But the fine could have been millions, as record companies said she illegally shared a total of 1,702 songs.
Thursday, October 04, 2007
File downloader fined more than $200k
I'd love file sharing to be legal. Trading MP3s would be great fun for everyone -- except the copyright holders. It's illegal for a reason. BBC:
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