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Jammie Thomas Retrial - Liable Again
by ktreb - 6/19/09 7:02 AMAnd this time the jury awarded $1.92 MILLION to the record labels. REF**KINGDICULOUS!!!! For the 24 songs involved, that's a penalty of $80,000 per song.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/jammie-thomas-retrial-verdict.ars
(NT) Leeching ftw
by kwahhn - 6/19/09 7:28 AM In reply to: Jammie Thomas Retrial - Liable Again by ktrebThis violates the constitution
by Nicholas Buenk - 6/19/09 11:24 PM In reply to: Jammie Thomas Retrial - Liable Again by ktrebAmendment 8 - Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor *excessive fines* imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Also
by Nicholas Buenk - 6/20/09 2:47 AM In reply to: Jammie Thomas Retrial - Liable Again by ktrebThis succinctly makes the point.
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/9172/1245456677307.jpg
(NT) excellent post/comparison!!
by jonah jones
- 6/20/09 2:56 AM
In reply to: Also by Nicholas Buenk
Very Nice
by Renegade Knight - 6/22/09 11:42 AM In reply to: Also by Nicholas BuenkWe all had the gut feeling that it was too high of a judgment. That sums it up.
I'm depressed that it seems like they might settle now
by minimalist - 6/20/09 9:48 AM In reply to: Jammie Thomas Retrial - Liable Again by ktreband go home with their tail between their legs. I understand its got to be exhausting to have taken it this far. I really hope some non profit group for justice will pick this up and take the case up the chain of command to get this kind of scapegoating struck down. We certainly don't need precedents like this on the books.
Didn't that just Happed?
by PressAnyKey - 6/21/09 6:28 PM In reply to: I'm depressed that it seems like they might settle now by minimalistDidn't a non-profit organization assist in the retrial?
It did. But I'm sure that a single mother doesn't have the
by minimalist - 6/22/09 10:49 AM In reply to: Didn't that just Happed? by PressAnyKeyfunds to take the case to the next level. Jammie Thomas is just a pawn in the record industries game. They will never get any real money from her and they know it. This is just a political ploy to get a precedent on the books that supports their view that songs are somehow worth 80,000 dollars a piece.
Its a cynic abuse of the court system on the part of the RIAA. Therefore it needs to be struck down by a higher court.
Jammie Thomas Retrial - Liable Again
by wizkids32 - 6/20/09 2:21 PM In reply to: Jammie Thomas Retrial - Liable Again by ktrebFAIL AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do it again.
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