Jammie Thomas filesharing case may be thrown out
Yes! She’s back again. Jammie Thomas is one name that we just will never be able to forget. The world’s most famous filesharing user, who last year was ordered to pay $222,000 for sharing a handful of songs, may see her case thrown out of court. This is the kind of light at the end of the tunnel that has seemed so far off for Jammie Thomas, a single mum from Brainerd.
The case may be thrown out of court because the judge was not aware of a precedent in a prior case. The prior case stated that making a track available for filesharing is not a violation of copyright laws. In Jammie’s case, the judge told the jury that it is.
The argument from Jammie’s side is that there is nothing to prove that the songs were shared with anyone other than the record companies who were snooping on her. This would be a major blow for the music industry after using this landmark case to make an example of the filesharing community.
Related Articles
Del.Icio.Us this! | Digg this! | Reddit this! | Stumble this!
Keane revolutionise music industry with free music downloads 11Aug08
[...] We were hoping and praying it wouldn’t happen, but it did. Keane’s experiment to offer one of the band’s tracks for free music download has proved to be a success. Hot on heels of Coldplay, who did the exact same thing and were hot on the heels of Nine Inch Nails, who were hot on the heels of Radiohead… where were we? Ah yes, Keane came up with the novel idea of offering one of their songs for free music download. [...]
Hobe Sound woman in trouble for filesharing 12Aug08
[...] all the fuss being made about the Jammie Thomas case at the moment, it’s anybody’s guess what will happen to the hapless Hobe Sound resident. [...]