Jammie Thomas

Law Professors Argue Against RIAA's "Making Available" Claim

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 19, 2008 - 8:39am.

San Francisco - A group of ten law professors has filed a friend of the court brief, indicating they believe a judge erred when he told the jury in the file-sharing copyright infringement case against Jammie Thomas that simply the "making available" of songs in a shared folder on a computer constitutes copyright infringement, Wired.com reports. The "making available" claim is a key argument in the record labels' 20,000 copyright lawsuits against file-swappers.

Judge Considering New Trial in Landmark File-Sharing Case

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 16, 2008 - 9:01am.

Duluth, Minn. - The federal judge who presided over the first music file-sharing copyright damages award against an individual, when in October a jury ordered Jammie Thomas to pay record labels $220,000 in damages, said this week that he may have erred in his instructions to the jury, and is considering granting a new trial, according to reports.

Judge Rejects RIAA's "Making Available" P2P Piracy Theory

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 2, 2008 - 11:06am.

New York - A federal judge in New York has ruled that a user's "making available" of songs or other copyrighted files using file-sharing software does not in and of itself construe infringement, in what could prove to be a setback in the record industry's legal campaign against such activities, CNET News.com reported.

Justice Dept. Supports High Damages in File-Sharing Lawsuit

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 5, 2007 - 8:51am.

San Francisco - The U.S. Justice Department has filed a legal brief defending the copyright law that enabled an award of $220,000 in damages to the major record labels, in a copyright infringement case they brought against Jammie Thomas, a Minnesota woman who was found by a jury to have shared 24 songs on a file-sharing network, CNET News.com reports.

Judge Asked to Overrule "Unconstitutional" $220,000 Award to RIAA

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 16, 2007 - 10:38am.

RIAA logoDuluth, Minn. - Jammie Thomas, the Minnesota woman ordered by a jury to pay $220,000 in damages for sharing 24 songs on a file-sharing network, on Monday asked the judge in the case to set aside the verdict.

EFF to File Amicus Brief in RIAA File-Sharing Case Appeal

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 11, 2007 - 8:06am.

San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a digital civil liberties advocate, will file a friend-of-the-court brief supporting Jammie Thomas' appeal of a jury verdict ordering her to pay $220,000 to the record industry for offering music in a shared folder on a file-sharing network, Wired News reported.

Juror From RIAA File-Sharing Trial: Jammie Thomas Is "A Liar"

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 10, 2007 - 9:33am.

riaa logoSan Francisco - The jury in Jammie Thomas' file-sharing copyright infringement trial took just five minutes to determine her guilt, but then spent several hours "bickering" over the financial penalty she should pay, according to one juror interviewed by Wired News.

Jammie Thomas to Appeal Guilty Verdict in RIAA File-Sharing Case

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 9, 2007 - 10:14am.

Los Angeles - Jammie Thomas, the 30-year-old mother of two who last week was ordered to pay $220,000 in damages in the first of the recording industry's file-sharing lawsuits to go to a jury trial, has announced that she will appeal the verdict.

Jammie Thomas Plans to Pay RIAA Fine on Her Own

Authored by Scott Goldberg on October 8, 2007 - 4:49am.
Jammie ThomasWhen you heard about the $222,000 judgment against Jammie Thomas for illegally downloading music, one of your first questions surely had to be how she could possibly pay the fine.  Well, according to an Associated Press story, she plans to pay it herself, despite speculation that she would seek assistance. "I'm not going to ask for financial help," she said.  However, she went on to say, "If it comes, I'm not going to turn it down, either."

Verdict in First RIAA File-Sharing Jury Trial: Guilty

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 4, 2007 - 10:26am.

Duluth, Minn. - The first defendant to face a jury trial in the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) over 20,000-lawsuit strong campaign against illegal file-sharing was found guilty on Thursday, and ordered to pay $220,000 in damages.

Closing Arguments Set for Thursday in RIAA File-Sharing Jury Trial

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 3, 2007 - 10:45am.

Duluth, Minn. - Two days into the first-ever copyright infringement jury trial for someone accused of music file-sharing, the record industry rested its case and the defense called no witnesses, setting up closing arguments for Thursday morning.

First RIAA Music File-Sharing Lawsuit Jury Trial Begins

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 2, 2007 - 8:30am.

Duluth, Minn. - The first actual copyright infringement jury trial for an individual suspected of illegal file-sharing got underway in Minnesota on Tuesday, as 30-year-old mother of two Jammie Thomas appeared in court to answer to allegations she offered 1,702 songs on the Kazaa file-sharing network in 2005.