The woman who was fined $222,000 last week for music piracy, has announced she will be appealing the ruling.

Jammie Thomas and her attorney, Brian Toder, appeared on CNN today and announced that they will be appealing the ruling against her.  Ms. Thomas was fined $9,250 per song for music she had in her sharing folder on the KaZzA network.

Ms. Thomas will be basing her appeal on the 15th instruction to the jury which stated that she could be found guilty for merely making the files available, but without any proof that any of them were actually transferred.

As with any trial process, it could be quite a while before this actually gets to the courts, if her appeal is even accepted.  Then, if the appeal is granted, both sides have to decide if they wish to go through the process again, in addition to the legal fees. 

This story is a long way from being concluded.

Related:

The RIAA won against Jammie Thomas but that success may not be repeated

UK ISPs to permanently cut off illegal file sharers

Killing the RIAA: Is “stealing” music the same as supporting music?

RIAA weeps as Thomas verdict overturned to tune of $222,000

RIAA not targetting everyone just yet… but watch this space

Entry was posted on Monday, October 8th, 2007 at 7:11 pm under Legal, Piracy.  Print This Post

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