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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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Re: Re: Copyrights and Wrongs 2007-12-17
Anonymous
Not exactly. The *goal* of US copyright law is to promote the creation of the work. The *means* is to give the creator temporary rights to commercially exploit it. That is if you believe the Constitution, which all three branches of our government seem to find inconvenient at the moment....

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