Jammie Thomas Fined $2,000,000 Dollards for Downloading mp3s

Really? Seriously. I mean..really? Come on, music industry.

Jammie Thomas Fined $2,000,000 Dollards for Downloading mp3s
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A jury ruled Thursday that Jammie Thomas-Rasset must pay fines totaling $1.92 million to the RIAA, as a penalty for violating the copyrights on 24 songs.

The trial was Thomas-Rasset's second, after the first was declared a mistrial. Thomas-Rasset is the only defendant accused of violating copyright to go to trial. The decision was reported Thursday by the Associated Press.

Th fine works out to $80,000 per song.

"There's no way they're ever going to get that," said Thomas-Rasset, a 32-year-old mother of four from the central Minnesota city of Brainerd, told the AP. "I'm a mom, limited means, so I'm not going to worry about it now."

A spokeswoman for the RIAA said that Thomas-Rasset had been offered the chance to settle for between $3,000 to $5,000, the AP reported.

Jammie Thomas Fined $2,000,000 Dollards for Downloading mp3s