File Sharing!

Last week I read about a woman from Minn. that she was sharing her downloaded music through a peer to peer network and got caught. But that’s only half the story. She decided to fight it in court back in 2007, which she lost. Her fine was $222,000, based on 24 songs she violated their copyright’s. But that case was set a side because the judge worded something wrong to the jury. Or she could have appealed the case, not sure. But regardless, she got another trial, which she lost again. But this time the jury awarded the recording companies $80,000 per song, which comes out to $1.92 million. The woman said she doesn’t have that amount of money and they will never see it, and that may be so. But here’s the kicker, the recording companies where willing to close the case with a $3,000 to $5,000 fine from the start of both trials. This hard headed woman clearly broke the law, but wants to fight anyway. She needs to wipe out hear flash drive and settle with these companies. From what I read their still willing to settle for the $3,000 to $5,000 fine, she better take it.