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Analysis of the RIAA’s victory over Jammie Thomas doesn’t have to be long.
Thomas got what was coming to her. She was obviously guilty… or was she?
From her blog/MySpace account:
I know this topic is debatable. It has been debated time and time again. I can honestly say I do NOT advocate theft. I will also say that I have NEVER used a P2P software to download or upload music. That was reason number one why I refused to settle with the music labels that were suing me in the first place. I did not do what they had accused me of and I was not going to pay them for someone else’s actions.
So what does the RIAA get now that Jammie Thomas got railroaded in my opinion?
$220,000 in actual (not punitive) damages for 24 shared files which is laughably out of touch with reality.
This victory is the RIAA’s money shot after years of lobbying, rent-seeking, bankrolling politicians and other legal and legislative maneuvering.
Nailing consumers for piracy is no longer untested law: it’s now backed by precedent.
The record industry is so obviously corrupt and immoral that most people either see thieving from it as a virtue, or are indifferent to its misfortunes.
Once an exemplar of venture capitalism’s driving spirit, the record industry is now nothing more than an economic and legal parasite.
Don’t believe me that the RIAA is in it for the money and not the justice?
Because after the verdict, RIAA attorney Richard Gabriel told reporters outside the courthouse “this is what can happen if you don’t settle.”
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