I have previously blogged about Jammie Thomas-Rasset. In 2007, a Minnesota jury awarded the RIAA a judgment against the 32 year old single mother of four, to the tune of $222,000.
When a federal jury heard her case in 2007, it hit Thomas-Rasset with a seemingly astronomical $222,000 judgment. After reviewing the case, the judge determined that the jury instructions were incorrect and ordered a new trial. As in the first trial, the RIAA was still not able to prove Ms. Thomas-Rasset actually shared music files with anyone other than the RIAA, or that she was actually the individual using her computer to upload the songs in question. 
Notwithstanding, and much to Ms. Thomas-Rasset’s chagrin, the new jury awarded the RIAA $80,000 per song. Multiply this by 24 songs and you have a jaw-dropping $1.92M verdict. We await the threequel …
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