Idolator

Last night, a jury found Minnesota resident Jammie Thomas guilty of copyright infringement for sharing music via Kazaa; Thomas now has to pay $220,000 in damages to the record labels that sued her. The trial was the first one that had a jury deciding whether or not a person accused by labels was, in fact, guilty of copyright infringement. Thomas can appeal, or the labels can offer her a settlement that's less than $222,000 and "suggest" that she take it. Over at news.com, Declan McCullagh has a cogent analysis of why the jury found Thomas guilty: More »