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Thomas seeks new counsel, RIAA brooks no delay

Thomas seeks new counsel, RIAA brooks no delayThere is no reason why this woman should not have counselAnd unless this woman fired her OWN lawyer without notice to the court that she was having problems with him or evidence she was having problems with him, no judge would DARE keep...

Tags: Jammie Thomas, new counsel, counsel, litigation, witness, RIAA, income

Discussion threads 2009-05-16

Justice comes out against Jammie Thomas

Justice comes out against Jammie ThomasI could be sarcastic and cynical......but instead I'll merely wonder why the DOJ feels compelled to intervene.A great need to punish Thomas harshly.Especially since she represents all that conservative godf******s loathe:Single mother two kidsMinority Native AmericanPoor (can't afford the good legal defenders)More informed about the...

Tags: Digital media, Jammie Thomas, U.S. Department of Justice

Discussion threads 2007-12-05

Additional Resources

Justice says $1.9 million verdict is constitutional

Jammie Thomas-Rasset was hit with a $1.9 million verdict for filesharing 24 songs -- roughly $80,000 per song. Is that even constitutional? Thomas-Rasset's lawyers filed an appeal saying it's not. Friday, the Justice Department weighed in with an opinion that it is PDF. Under the Copyright Act's...

Tags: Damage, Thomas-Rasset, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-17

Hey, kids! The days of free music are over.

The RIAA claims that they will not be going after any more individuals who share music. As Ars Technica points out in its coverage of the ruling in the Joel Tenenbaum case, Last December, the labels announced that they were no longer initiating new cases...

Tags: Comcast Corp., P2P, RIAA, Verizon Communications Inc., Music, Internet, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-08-01

Tenenbaum verdict: $675K

OK the the verdict is in. Joel Tenenbaum has been assessed $675,000, or $22,500 per song, for illegally distributing 30 songs via Kazaa, Ars Technica reports. That's not nearly as bad as I had feared, since it's within the realm of "normal" statutory damages (up to $30,000)....

Tags: Ars Technica, Verdict, Joel Tenenbaum, Tenenbaum, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-31

With Kazaa, TPB going legit, are illegal downloads over?

Is it the end of illegal downloading? Hard on the heels of the acquisition of The Pirate Bay by Swedish company Global Gaming Factory, Kazaa has announced it's going legit, too. Read-Write Web notes: For $20 a month, users will be able...

Tags: Advertisement, Kazaa, Music, Eric Pfanner, Pandora, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-20

$1.9m verdict is unconstitutional, Thomas-Rasset says

$1.9m verdict is unconstitutional, Thomas-Rasset saysRasset should just pay the fine because...Jammie Thomas-Rasset should just pay the fine because I have heard that the RIAA is very close to gaining control of the U.S. Justice Dept., and they plan to raise the penalty for infringement of even one song to...

Tags: NOW IT, Jammie Thomas-Rasset, RIAA, CD

Discussion threads 2009-07-06

$1.9m verdict is unconstitutional, Thomas-Rasset says

While an appeal is likely in the cards, the motion Jammie Thomas-Rasset's lawyers filed today was a request for new trial PDF or for the judge to alter the jury's "shocking" $1.9 million award. Thomas-Rasset's lawyers argued that (1) the jury's verdict of $80,000 per infringed...

Tags: Lawyer, Jury, Jammie Thomas-Rasset, MediaSentry, Remittitur, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-06

Thomas-Rasset to appeal $1.9m verdict

Thomas-Rasset to appeal $1.9m verdictShe sure did ask for it.By sharing copyright protected songs. She should stop trying to blame the RIAA for her predicament. Regardless of the appropriateness or not of the $1.9M award two juries have found her guilty of willful infringement. Own up to it and take...

Tags: Litigation, Digital media, RIAA, Thomas-Rasset

Discussion threads 2009-07-06

Thomas-Rasset to appeal $1.9m verdict

Jammie Thomas-Rasset will appeal that almost $2 million verdict for having 24 songs available over Kazaa, P2PNet reports. Here's what she told the site: Will they be answered in my favor? I truly hope so because then every other person who has been targeted...

Tags: RIAA, Music, Litigation, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-06

'Insane' $1.9 million verdict could prove RIAA's downfall

So Jammie Thomas-Rasset is a thief - a willful copyright infringer - who uploaded 24 songs to the Internet. At least, the jury in her second trial so found in delivering a $1.9 million verdict: $80,000 per song. Under the law the jury...

Tags: Damage, RIAA, Public Relations, Government, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-19

RIAA's $1.92 million victory: more about message, less about money

The Recording Industry Association of America won a big one yesterday - a $1.92 million judgment against a woman charged with copyright infringement. But you won't hear champagne bottles popping open in Hollywood. Is anyone really a winner here? Does the RIAA expect to see a single...

Tags: Judgment, RIAA, Internet, Productivity, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-19

High drama and low points in RIAA trial

High drama today at the illegal music downloading file of Jammie Thomas-Rasset, as RIAA expert witness Dr. Doug Jacobsen testified that he recently found a log file on the defendant's hard drive indicating that an external drive was used to copy files over. That information was not...

Tags: Hard Drive, Drama, RIAA, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-16

New Thomas trial opens with advantage to RIAA

Reporting from the new Jammie Thomas-Rasset trial, Marc Bourgeois notes that jury selection is just about complete at this writing and that the jury is overall younger than the last one, surely good news for the defendant. Even so, it's an uphill battle for Thomas-Rasset, Ars Technica...

Tags: RIAA, Thomas Trial, Jammie Thomas-Rasset, Kiwi Camara, Peer To Peer (P2P), Network Technology, Networking, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-15

Thomas seeks new counsel, RIAA brooks no delay

The lawyer for Jammie Thomas, the only person to actually go to trial on an RIAA copyright infringement case, is withdrawing from the case, Ray Beckerman reports. Amazingly, RIAA lawyers are fighting Thomas' request for a continuance to seek new counsel. Apparently, RIAA thinks they can only win this thing...

Tags: RIAA, Lawyer, Attorney, Thomas, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-05-16

News to know: Google Search; iPod Touch; Pre launch date; Yahoo; Zune; AMD

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Google: Understanding is the next frontier of search; Meet Wonder Wheel, Google Squared Tom Foremski: How...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple iPod, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Zune, Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Google Search, Apple iPod Touch, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, Piracy, Telecom & Utilities, Digital Music, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Jammie Thomas case heads for retrial

Jammie Thomas and the recording industry have failed to come to a settlement in the now-infamous case of Capitol Records v. Thomas, Wired reports. That shouldn't come as a surprise since Thomas has said she would never settle. Her lawyer, Brian Toder, merely said: ...

Tags: Settlement, Litigation, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-05-12

Joe Biden: Carrying water for Hollywood?

Is Joe Biden the copyright industry's point man in the Obama Administration? He certainly has an anti-piracy track record. And the Justice Department is now lousy with RIAA lawyers, as Tiny Mix Tapes points out. Thomas Perrelli, nominated as Associate Attorney General on...

Tags: RIAA, Lawyer, U.S. Department Of Justice, Perrelli, Verrilli, Hauck, Solicitor General, Gershengorn, Piracy, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Internet, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-04-22

Awaiting decision on new trial in Thomas case

Apparently, it is RIAA day here at the govtech blog. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday on the upcoming decision in the Thomas case. Jammie Thomas, of course, was hit with $220,000 is statutory fines for copyright infringement. The verdict was based on a "making available" theory (see this article...

Tags: Theory, RIAA, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-18

Judge hints he will declare mistrial in Thomas case

The judge in the Jammie Thomas copyright-infringement case is likely to declare a mistrial because of his reliance on the RIAA's specious "making available" theory, Wired reports. Last year, a Minnesota jury may headlines by the RIAA a $220,000 verdict against Thomas pictured. But the verdict was based on...

Tags: Distribution, RIAA, U.S. Congress, Judge, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-04