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A federal jury in Minnesota has found Jammie Thomas-Rasset guilty of infringing 24 music copyrights and awarded the record labels a stunning $1.92 million in damages to the music industry. The jury verdict represents the second time Thomas has been found guilty of infringement, although the first verdict—for a mere $220,000 in damages—was thrown out by the trail judge because he found he had made an error instructing the jury,… Read More

It should come as no surprise to anyone that the four defendants in the Pirate Bay case should be appeal the verdict handed down on Friday in Sweden, which saw them each sentenced to a year in jail and given a $3.6 million fine. They’ve confirmed the fact, which means the case will go to the Swedish Supreme Court, and that any final verdict could be several years away. Meanwhile, The Pirate Party, a recent addition to the Swedish… Read More

Upholding a verdict by a lower court in January, the court said that Jon Johansen had broken no laws by helping to unlock a code and distribute a computer program on the Internet enabling unauthorized copying of DVD movies. The U.S. movie industry, which says that piracy costs $3.0 billion a year in lost sales, had accused Johansen of theft in cracking the copy-protection code when he was 15 and appealed against the January acquittal.… Read More