Jammie Thomas-Rasset, a 32-year-old mother of four from Brainerd, Minnesota, was instructed by a Minnesota jury to pay $1.92 million in damages to four major labels after she supposedly downloaded and shared 24 songs on the Kazaa P2P network. This equates to $80,000 per track. (Holy mother-****ing ****!! That is an absolute ****-load of mother****ing cash! Those mother****ing monopolistic ******* mother****ers!) "We appreciate the jury's service and that they take this as seriously as we do," RIAA puppet Cara Duckworth said in a statement. (I’m glad you enjoy destroying other people’s lives for a few innocuous Sheryl Crow and Green Day tracks, you mother****ing, ****-filled, *******ized sons of ****!).
Thomas-Rasset argued in the trial that it was her ex-boyfriend or sons who were most likely to have committed this, err, multi-million dollar fraud. In fairness to the labels, they have said they do not intend to claim the full amount and are still happy to settle. (But they’re still mother****ing, ****-eating ****-suckers!!)
The case may lead to legislative reform with many feeling uncomfortable that individuals can be penalized so highly for what are fairly minor offenses. Currently, the Copyright Act allows for “statutory damages of up to $150,000 per infringed work, in the case of willful infringement.” Nevertheless, the recording industry still has strong support in Congress, with Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee John Conyers and his fellow in the Senate, Patrick Leahy (both dirty stinking Democrats), both powerful defenders of the major labels. (Those mother****ing, climate change-humping, terrorist ****-sucking liberals!)