If you thought there was nothing to worrying about, you’re wrong.
In a Minnesota courtroom this past month, single mother Jammie Thomas-Rasset, was ordered to pay 62,500 USD per song for 24 songs she illegally downloaded from KaZaA, a popular file sharing site. AFP reported that the total fine given was an astronomical 1.5 million dollars. Read the story here.
Her case is a lay over from 2007, when she appealed an original conviction for the same transgression. The November 2010 verdict is an exception, however, as most recording labels have endorsed a moratorium for the past two years against prosecuting file sharers.
While the labels may have ceased with the legal hammer, file sharers in other mediums are not off the hook. Popular Internet blog cnet has noted that filmmakers are increasingly on the prowl, with nearly 20,000 proceedings launched in November 2010 alone.
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