The American will have to pay 222 thousand dollars for 24 songs uploaded to the network

Today it became known that an American from Minnesota will still pay 222 thousand US dollars as a fine for 24 melodies unloaded (illegally, naturally) to the Network. The trial began 7 years ago, in 2006 ... The fact is that it was then, back in 2006, the court ruled that the defendant was guilty of illegal file sharing, and awarded a fine of 222 thousand US dollars. The plaintiff in this process is the well-known RIAA. Since then, the defendant (surname Thomas-Rasset) has been trying to avoid this payment by filing an appeal. But now, it seems, she has no chance, and she still has to pay the bills.

It was in 2006 that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) began to actively deal with distributors of music files, who are called “pirates”. At that time, almost all the defendants agreed to a pre-trial settlement of the issue (i.e., they paid as much money as requested by the RIAA as a fine). The defendant in the case mentioned in the title decided to assert her rights, and tried to prove her own point of view.
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It is worth noting that for the first time the case was reviewed with an even worse result than now. Then the court not only confirmed the guilt of the woman, but also increased the amount of payments to 1.9 million dollars. But the district judge considered such a huge amount of disproportionate offense, and reduced the total amount of payments to the original size of 222 thousand US dollars.

Repeated consideration of the case lasted until the current moment, and at the beginning of the trial, many called the respondent “Jeanne d'Arc file sharing”, predicting a global defeat for record companies in the fight against file sharing. In fact, it turned out a little differently, and now these companies benefit from process by process. Well, “Joan of Arc” will have to find 222 thousand dollars for RIAA payments. Thomas-Rasset wanted to make another appeal, but the court refused to consider it.

Via theverge