If the RIAA Wins, You Really Lose! by Shelly Palmer
Posted in: Online TV/Music at 16/10/2007 01:46
Last week the RIAA won its lawsuit against Jamie Thomas, a Minnesota woman who put 24 songs in her Kazaa shared folder. The judgment, now being appealed, was for US$222,000 ($9,250 per song). It's a big number, and because it's so big, it is excellent fodder for sensationalists on both sides of the issue.
The dust has settled a bit, so I thought it would be instructive to think about how the outcome of this case, known as Virgin v. Thomas (Renamed Capital v. Thomas after Virgin withdrew from the case) might affect the owners and consumers of digital content in the near future.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shelly-palmer/if-the-riaa-wins-you-rea_b_68215.html
