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[Antony]

A US woman was fined to pay US$222,000 for illegally file-sharing music.

The jury ordered Jammie Thomas, 32, from Minnesota, to pay for offering to share 24 specific songs online - a cost of $9,250 per song.

Record companies said she had illegally shared a total of 1,702 songs.

News source: BBC News

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[James]

It's unfortunate but she walked into this with her eyes wide open. Hopefully she will be able to settle this thing with a more realistic fine. Obviously she needs to understand that she has been stealing and that some sort of fine is definitely in order. Surely she cannot be so naive as to believe that she can simply plead ignorance or that "everyone else is doing it" (which is NOT the case) and therefore should be excused. She broke the law. She was caught. Now she is going to have to pony up. I just don't want to see someone completely ruined for life.

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[djv1]

downloading music off the internet is still legal in Canada

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