This article provides a 2012 update of the 2007 case of the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) against Jammie Thomas-Rasset, a Minnesota woman accused about lying about uploading 24 songs illegally onto the Internet. Her original fine was $220,000. In this update, her fine was lowered to $2,250 per song, or a total of $54,000. It then mentions how Thomas-Rasset and her attorneys will try to seek out a ruling by the Supreme Court. Read the full article written by Greg Sandoval by clicking the link below.
Appeals court sides with RIAA, Jammie Thomas owes $222,000
Appeals court sides with RIAA, Jammie Thomas owes $222,000
ORIGINAL BLACKBOARD DISCUSSION BOARD POST: Copyright
"When it came to copyright, I had no idea that the fines could be so much when it came to uploading something such as a song, at least back in the early to mid-2000s. I was shocked when I read that in 2009, the jury wanted Thomas-Rasset to pay $1.92 million for uploading 24 songs, because in the current age of the Internet, uploading songs doesn’t seem like that big of a deal. Obviously it is still illegal, but we don’t see that level of strict punishment/fines when it comes to such a small amount of songs. Even then, to me, the current amount of $222,000 still seems like a bit too much for 24 songs. One misconception I had about copyright was that “socially important” clips like JFK’s assassination weren’t even copyrighted, and that they were in the public domain.
- If a work fits one test of the Four-Part Test for Fair Use, but fails/breaks another test, what happens then?
- How much of a song can be used before it isn’t considered Fair Use anymore?"