The recording industry has won a major fight in its effort to stop illegal music downloading with a United States jury decision to impose 000 damages against a Minnesota woman who used a web service to share music. The size of the damages is nearly 80 times higher than the average European settlement figure.
In the first United States trial to challenge fines levied by music companies for sharing copyrighted music online, a single mother from Minnesota has gone to court to prove she did nothing wrong. Jammie Thomas is the first among more than 26 000 people sued by the world’s most powerful recording companies.