US Court Orders Woman to Pay $1.9 million to Music Industry

The amount represents the fine for 24 music files shared online

Jammie Thomas-Rasset: the file sharing mother

US got their first file sharing case to court and they seem in a rush to set an example of how digital outlaws should be treated. The recent case where a woman has been prosecuted for copyright infringement proves just that.

According to BBC Newsbeat, 32 year-old Minnesota-based Jammie Thomas-Rasset, has been ordered to pay damage compensation to some music labels after she was found guilty of sharing music online (acts like Green Day and Sheryl Crow).

Jammie Thomas-Rasset, mother of four was given a $1.9 million (£1.2 million) fine for infringing copyright law in the USA by sharing 24 unauthorized files over the Internet.

Of course that the record labels, in their true Samaritan nature, offered Jammie a chance to settle out of court for considerably less money before they went on with the trial, a spokesperson for the RIAA explained,

In Thomas-Rasset’s words the verdict given by a Minnesota jury was "kind of ridiculous".

It remains to be seen if this rulings will become a custom in the US as they have in some countries in Europe.