Filesharing superstar won’t get retrial

June 20th, 2008   News  

Ah. Just when we thought that the world’s most famous filesharing advocate, Jammie Thomas (who also has the world’s weirdest name), was a bout to get a retrial, her hopes have been scuppered. The motion for a new trial for Jammie Thomas has been thrown out on the basis that current laws grant copyright owners the exclusive rights to make material available.

What this means is that Jammie Thomas, who made a number of songs available over filesharing net Kazaa, did not have the right to do so. There was a lot of speculation whether Jammie Thomas would get a retrial after the enormous amount of publicity her particular case has received.

Jammie Thomas, who even has her own Wikipedia page, hit the filesharing headlines last October when she was ordered to pay $222,000 after sharing a bunch of Green Day and Aerosmith songs. The single mother hasn’t had a lot of luck and she doesn’t have very good taste in music.

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