| |
G0ANS > INFO 01.01.09 20:43l 28 Lines 916 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 397969G0ANS
Read: GUEST
Subj: RIAA denied appeal
Path: IZ3LSV<IK2XDE<F5GOV<F4BWT<DK0WUE<7M3TJZ<ZL2BAU<GB7ESX<GB7FCR
Sent: 090101/1735Z @:GB7FCR.#16.GBR.EU #:22518 [Blackpool] FBB-7.03a $:397969G0
From: G0ANS@GB7FCR.#16.GBR.EU
To : INFO@WWW
RIAA denied appeal
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/16473.cfm
The RIAA has been denied their request to appeal a judge's decision that has
granted a retrial in the RIAA's case versus Jammie Thomas.
U.S. District Judge Michael Davis of Minnesota originally declared the trial a
mistrial, and nullified the jury's $222,000 award against Thomas over her
alleged sharing of 24 songs on Kazaa.
The mistrial was declared because the judge erroneously told the jury that
downloading music from P2P networks constitutes as copyright infringement,
when it in fact, does not.
Davis added that "actual distribution of copyrighted music must be shown,"
meaning that the RIAA must prove that others downloaded the music Thomas was
sharing.
The RIAA admitted that it would be virtually impossible to do so.
The retrial is scheduled for March 9th.
(c)afterdawn.com
Read previous mail | Read next mail
| |
