Precedent-Setting Piracy Case Begins

October 8th, 2007

The Recording Industry Association of America is having its day in a Minnesota court against a mom accused of digital copyright violations. The nation’s first-of-its-kind case could prove to be a deterrent for digital piracy — if the RIAA wins.The precedent-setting case is part of the RIAA’s campaign against file-sharing piracy. The RIAA is asking for as much as $3.9 million dollars, plus legal fees, from a jury it hopes will see sufficient evidence to rule against Jammie Thomas in U.S. District Court in Duluth, Minnesota.

Virgin v. Thomas puts a recording industry giant head to head with a 30-year-old woman from Brainerd, Minnesota. Virgin Records has RIAA members Sony BMG, Capitol Records, Arista Records, Warner Bros., UMG Recordings, and Interscope Records in its corner. The plaintiffs claim that Thomas distributed 1,702 copyrighted audio files on file-sharing network Kazaa in 2005.

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