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File Sharer Settling With RIAA for $756 a Song: “A Bronx woman agrees to pay the Recording Industry Association of America $6,050 for purloining eight tracks on the Kazaa file sharing network. That’s $756.25 per song. The largest penalty ordered in an RIAA file sharing lawsuit was $9,250 per track.

(Via Wired News.)

RIAA ‘Making Available’ Argument: File Sharers ‘Freeload’: “The Recording Industry Association of America told the federal judge in the Jammie Thomas case Monday that file sharers ‘freeload’ on copyrights.

(Via Wired News.)

RIAA Must Pay Defendant’s Legal Fees: “The music industry lobbying group is told to cough up $108,000 to cover Tanya Andersen’s legal costs after she beats an RIAA file sharing lawsuit.

(Via Wired News.)

Professors Siding With Jammie Thomas in RIAA Case: “A group of university professors is weighing in on the Jammie Thomas case, telling the trial judge he erred when instructing jurors that having an open share folder filled with copyrighted music amounts to infringement –- even absent proof that somebody else downloaded songs.

(Via Wired News.)

RIAA: The Perpetual Litigation Machine: The Recording Industry Association of America dropped a copyright infringement case against a New York family and refiled it with another judge. The original judge was to rule soon on a motion to dismiss. The defense lawyer called the move ‘judge shopping.’ The RIAA has sued more than 20,000 for unlawfully sharing music on peer-to-peer networks.

(Via Wired News.)