Will File-Sharing Case Spawn a Copyright Reform Movement?

Thursday’s $1.92 million file-sharing verdict against a Minnesota mother of four could provide copyright reform advocates with a powerful human symbol of the draconian penalties written into the nearly-35 year old Copyright Act. Then again, maybe not. A Minnesota federal jury stung Jammie Thomas-Rasset with the enormous fine after concluding she infringed copyrights on 24 music tracks by sharing them on the Kazaa peer-to-peer network.

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Will File-Sharing Case Spawn a Copyright Reform Movement?

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Monday, June 22nd, 2009 P2P News

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