Jammie Thomas-Rasset Must Pay Nearly $2 Million to Major Record Labels


A Minnesota court has ordered Jammie Thomas-Rasset to pay the music industry, including Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony Music Entertainment [an excessive] $1.92 million after posting 24 copyrighted songs on Kazaa for other users to download. The award amounts to $80,000 for each song she uploaded to website

In 2007 Ms.Thomas-Rasset was originally ordered to pay $222,000 ($9,250 per song) in damages. A retrial was decided after Judge Michael J. Davis of the U.S. District Court withdrew the verdict after providing the jury with false information.

Following the $1.92 million verdict, Thomas-Rasset expressed her disappointment saying , "The only thing I can say is good luck trying to get it, because you can’t get blood out of a turnip.” She is a natural resources coordinator for the Mille Lacs Band of the Ojibw.

Kiwi Camara of Camara & Sibley (her lawyer) claims that Thomas-Rasset may try to negotiate a settlement or appeal the verdict. Other lawyers of Thomas-Rasset claim that the record labels had no solid proof that she had posted the songs on Kazaa, and that the verdict is not appropriate for the case.

Of the more than 35,000 legal actions that the Recording Industry Association of America has filed against people it claims illegally shared music, this is the only case that has gone to trial.

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