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Copyrights and Wrongs
Mark Rasch, 2007-12-11

On October 1, 2007, Jammie Thomas -- a single mother living in Brainerd, Minnesota -- was sued in civil court for copyright infringement by the Recording Industry Association of America. Three days later, the jury returned the verdict; Ms. Thomas was liable for willfully infringing the copyrights on 24 songs. The fine: $222,000.

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Copyrights and Wrongs 2007-12-13
Anonymous
I agree with Mark's article but one thing I never see discussed is the fact that Music and Movies are not forever. When sales of a particular work drop below a certain level the work is deleted from the catalog and may be collected and destroyed or sold in the cut out section of some record stores. ...

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