First file-sharing defendant seeks reversal from Supreme Court 
Published: December 18, 2012
Tags: Copyright Act, due process, file sharing, music downloading, Recording Industry Association of America, U.S. Supreme Court
After three separate verdicts and more than five years of litigation, file-sharing defendant Jammie Thomas-Rasset has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
$222K verdict against music downloader reinstated
Published: September 13, 2012
Tags: copyright, music downloading
An award of $222,000 against a defendant who illegally downloaded 24 copyrighted songs was constitutional, the 8th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
Supreme Court declines to hear music downloading case
Published: May 23, 2012
Tags: copyright infringement, due process, illegal downloading, music downloading
A $675,000 jury verdict against a student who illegally downloaded 30 songs from the Internet was left standing by the U.S. Supreme Court, which declined to take the matter up.
Court reinstates $675K music downloading verdict
Published: September 22, 2011
Tags: Copyright Act, music downloading, remittitur
A judge could not reduce a copyright verdict against a music downloader on constitutional grounds without first addressing the defendant’s motion for remittitur, the 1st Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
Illegal music download damages set at $2,250 per song
Published: July 27, 2011
Tags: Copyright Act, copyright infringement, due process, music downloading
Due process limited the copyright infringement damages that could be awarded against a music downloader to three times the statutory minimum, a U.S. District Court in Minnesota has ruled in reducing a $1.5 million jury verdict to $54,000.
Music downloading verdict leads to constitutional challenge
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: November 19, 2010
Tags: copyright, file sharing, music downloading, Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA
The lawyers for a Minnesota woman who downloaded 24 songs are planning to challenge the third verdict against her on constitutional grounds.
Downloading defendant faces third trial on damages
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: November 2, 2010
Tags: music downloading, Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA
After two losing trials, music downloading defendant Jammie Thomas-Rasset is facing a third trial on damages.
File-sharing damages drastically reduced
By:
Thomas Egan
Published: July 12, 2010
Tags: music downloading
A U.S. District Court judge in Massachusetts has reduced by 90 percent the damages that must be paid by a graduate student accused of using file-sharing software to download and distribute 30 copyrighted songs.
Downloading defendant rejects settlement; third trial looming on damages?
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: January 28, 2010
Tags: music downloading
Just days after a U.S. District Court reduced the verdict against her from $1.92 million to just $54,000, a downloading defendant has rejected a settlement offer from the record labels.
Judge reduces downloading verdict from $1.92 million to $54,000
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: January 27, 2010
Tags: music downloading
After a jury ordered a defendant to pay record companies almost $2 million for illegally downloading 24 songs, a U.S. District Court reduced the award to $54,000 last week.
