Woman Loses a $222,000 P2P File Sharing Lawsuit
| Mitch Bainwol - Chairman and CEO, RIAA |
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Friday October 5, 2007
| Commentary | The 12-person jury in a U.S. federal court has sided with the music industry in a case of copyright infringement via P2P file sharing. The defendant - a single mother of two - stands liable for $222,000 in damages after allegedly sharing 24 songs on the Kazaa P2P network.
As reported in The Register and other sources last week, the civil proceeding initiated with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) seeking $1.2 M (USD) relative to an alleged 1,702 files shared by an individual with ID 'tereastar' on Kazaa in 2005. While many have been sued by the RIAA in the past, this marks the first time such a case has gone to jury trial in the U.S.
→ See also - Isn't (Most) P2P Downloading Copyright Infringement?
As reported in The Register and other sources last week, the civil proceeding initiated with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) seeking $1.2 M (USD) relative to an alleged 1,702 files shared by an individual with ID 'tereastar' on Kazaa in 2005. While many have been sued by the RIAA in the past, this marks the first time such a case has gone to jury trial in the U.S.
→ See also - Isn't (Most) P2P Downloading Copyright Infringement?
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