The case of “the file-sharing mom” has become notorious worldwide mainly because the fine which defendant Jammie Thomas-Rasset was ordered to pay to copyright owners for sharing 24 songs online was simply ridiculous – initially $1.92 million then slashed to $1.5 million last year. Now recently Judge Michael Davis further slashed the fine to $54,000 calling the previous penalty “appalling” and unconstitutional. That means $2,250 per song instead of the original $62,500. This isn’t the first time this kind of switch has happened and in fact it’s not even the first time it has happened to Thomas-Rasset herself. Her first two trials ended with penalties of $222,000 and $1.92 million.

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Jammie Thomas’ File-Sharing Fine Reduced from $1.5 million to $54000