‘We’ll settle for $25,000′ RIAA tells Jammie
p2pnet view P2P | RIAA:- Having seen their award against Jammie Rasset-Thomas slashed from a staggering $1.92 million dollars to $54,000, the RIAA now wants to settle for half even that amount.
But Jammie is having none of it.
“They want me to take a settlement of $25,000 without me knowing what I’m agreeing to,” she told p2pnet.
“The offer has been made without any kind of explanation what the settlement would involve.
“But I’m still not caving in. If they want to settle, they can do it on my terms.”
$2,250 instead of $80,000 per song
The “need for deterrence cannot justify a $2 million verdict for stealing and illegally distributing 24 songs for the sole purpose of obtaining free music,” wrote judge Michael J. Davis in a decision saying she now owes Big Music $2,250 instead of $80,000 for each of 24 songs she’s said to have downloaded without permission.
“Moreover, although Plaintiffs were not required to prove their actual damages, statutory damages must still bear some relation to actual damages,” he said.
“The Judge did not reach the constitutional due process issue raised by Ms. Thomas-Rasset’s counsel, instead deciding the motion based upon standard principles of ‘remittitur’,” said Ray Beckerman on Recording Industry vs The People, going on >>>
The judge described the standard for remittitur as follows:
so grossly excessive as to shock the conscience of the court. A verdict is not considered excessive unless there is plain injustice or a monstrous or shocking result
Now, “Here’s what I’m telling them,” says Jammie.
“You guys can settle this on my terms or take it to trial and try to prove the damages.
“You’re going to be lucky to prove more than $24 … ”
Stay tuned.
Jon Newton – p2pnet
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$1.92 million dollars to $54,000 – Jammie Thomas-Rasset award reduced …, January 22, 2010
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January 27th, 2010 at 8:58 pm
Way to go, Jammie. Don’t give these parasites any of your money. They’ll just use it to continue their pointless war against the consumer.
January 27th, 2010 at 9:31 pm
Go job Jammie!
I will settle for $0.000000000 And they have to pay my attorney fee that they owe me or I will raise hell.
The hell with all of these corrupted government official judges and attorney who put corporation on equal footing with people!
let’s get ride of all of them!
Corporations are not people; the bill or right do not apply to it and people are not corporation and can not be held liable for millions of dollars like corporations!
Come on!
If this Bull shit continue they will soon have an insurrection after their butts!
Mark my words.
January 27th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
So in the US the bill of right no longer protect people against excessive fines but grant the fredom of speach to corporations!
January 27th, 2010 at 9:38 pm
These swines working for the RIAA can be taken out back and shot in the face for all ANYONE cares.
January 27th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
Awesome! I can see Jammie getting off scott free from this gross extortion campaign she’s been subject to. 2 million for “stealing” 24 songs. My ass.
At this rate she’ll be able to nail the RIAA fucktards for thousands in damages. The poor woman and her family have earned it – how do you get the lost years of stressed-out, persecuted life back?
January 27th, 2010 at 11:29 pm
Will she get another jury trial, or will it be strictly in front of a judge, as this appears to be an appeal?
January 28th, 2010 at 12:46 am
OH MY GAAAAWWWWDDDD!!!! This is absolutely hysterical! Six months ago, these corporate parasites thought they’d struck a blow against “piracy” by forcing Jammie into bankruptcy, but now the shoe is on the other foot. The fact that they’re stooping this low to suck whatever they can out of this travesty of extortion thinly disguised as a civil suit is sufficient proof of how pathetically desparate these losers have become. Whatever the outcome may be, it’s obvious now that their litigation suits hold no ground whatsoever, and they will no longer be able to use it as fear propaganda againts the consumers.
Rot in hell you parasitic vermin.
January 28th, 2010 at 2:48 am
“how do you get the lost years of stressed-out, persecuted life back?”
By sending an ultimatum to the RIAA: I want $200,000 or I will call my gang?
For one time may be a gang can serve the society instead of needlessly killing each others.
January 28th, 2010 at 2:50 am
If the music industry spent just half as much money on finding and paying quality artists (instead of the one-hit losers they pursue today) and building a solid fan base for these artists as they spend “fighting piracy”, they wouldn’t have the financial problems they have.
January 28th, 2010 at 9:03 am
Quote:
Now, “Here’s what I’m telling them,” says Jammie.
“You guys can settle this on my terms or take it to trial and try to prove the damages.
“You’re going to be lucky to prove more than $24 … ”
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When, where and to whom did she said that?
any links to the source? Or is that an p2pnet.net exclusive information from her?
January 28th, 2010 at 9:45 am
@ A_F. She said that to me yesterday.
Cheers!
January 28th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
Fantastic Jammie!
You now find yourself in the unique position of having the RIAAs behind whereever you want it… I say, pick it up and nail it to the wall!!!
(then invite us over so we can have a game of darts
)
January 28th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
great news – don’t give up jammie.
basically it has to be less than the initial settlement amount ( a few thousand I believe) – this would then totally end the RIAA’s extortion racket, they have been using this as leverage to settle than rather go to court.
I myself think the amount should be $24 and no more. I also think the people behind this situation (the lawyers, the riaa e.t.c) should spend some time in jail – maybe a few months to a year, let them ponder exactly how power abusive and socio-pathic there actions have been over the last few years.
January 29th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
“I also think the people behind this situation (the lawyers, the riaa e.t.c) should spend some time in jail – maybe a few months to a year, let them ponder exactly how power abusive and socio-pathic there actions have been over the last few years.”
They deserve to be locked up for LIFE with their huge amounts of money given away to charities and their mansions foreclosed upon. That’d just about make things right for what they did to the people for years.
January 29th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
after rereading the article I got it too that she was making those statements allegedly to p2pnet.net.
I was a bit distracted given that she seems to think that evil4 needs to prove damages in a trial: “…or take it to trial and try to prove the damages.
“You’re going to be lucky to prove more than $24 …”
As far as I understood all the postings from Ray and his links to courtdocuments/law texts THAT is exactly what evil4 must NOT try to do since they don’t want actual damages but that they have the “right” under US of A law to ask for statutory damages at a rate of minimum $750 (or $200 for “innocent” infringement) per infringement.
Could it be I understand “your” laws better then she does, or is she just defiant?