by Metal Insider | Feb 16, 2010 | Legal Woes, Piracy
The first-ever P2P case against an individual is heading back to court. The RIAA announced last week that the case of Capitol v. Thomas-Rasset would go before the court again for a third trial after defendant Jammie Thomas-Rasset rejected a $25,000 settlement in...
by Metal Insider | Jun 19, 2009 | Legal Woes
A re-trial, new jury and new lawyer was not enough for Jammie Thomas-Rasset, as the verdict was handed down yesterday in the fiery case of Captiol v. Thomas-Rasset: guilty to the tune of $1.92 million. A penalty of $80,000 per song damage was awarded for 24 cases of...
by Metal Insider | Jun 17, 2009 | Legal Woes
The contentious lawsuit of Capitol Records v. Thomas-Rasset saw some solid courtroom drama yesterday as Judge Michael Davis threatened to toss out the morning’s entire testimony by RIAA computer science expert Doug Jacobson, “based on [the RIAA’s...
by Metal Insider | Jun 12, 2009 | Legal Woes
Two attorneys are joining forces to take on the RIAA, using a class action lawsuit in hopes of returning the $100 million or so that the RIAA “stole” through its lawsuits against downloaders. Harvard Law professor Charles Nesson and Minnesota attorney Kiwi...