RIAA Wins First File Trading Case - Woman must pay $220,000 for 24 songs...

While the RIAA has sued some 30,000 broadband file traders over the years, this week saw the first case to actually head into a courtroom, and the results were good for the RIAA. Jammie Thomas, 30, was found guilty of trading 24 songs online, and was ordered to pay $220,000. The fine could have been as high as $150,000 per song.

While Thomas insisted on the courthouse steps that she had never downloaded or uploaded music, her lawyer tried to convince jurors there was no way to prove who had uploaded songs on the Kazaa file sharing network. A jury took just five hours to decide that evidence provided by the music labels showed otherwise and found Thomas guilty of copyright infringement, court records showed.

While the RIAA has had flimsy evidence in some cases, this first case was, in fact, one of their strongest. Wilson could have settled for a few thousand, but is now being forced to pay $9,250 for Gloria Estefan's "Rhythm is gonna get you."


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