File this under - “They have more money than you do”.
Not that this should be a big surprise but, a judge and jury in Minnesota, found against Jammie Thomas for making available 24 songs on the Internet through Kazaa and awarded damages against her in the amount of $222,000.
While many of the people who have been accused of file sharing opt for a few thousand dollar settlement, Ms. Thomas decided not to cave in to the record industry and take her chances with a jury of her peers.
Of interest to people using file sharing software, the judge ruled that the record companies did not have to show that any song had actually been downloaded from the Thomas computer to another, only that the files had been made available to others.
Thomas denied having an account with Kazza, and no evidence found on the Thomas hard drive that had been replaced after Thomas received a notice from the record label law firm
No matter which side of this issue you are on, this particular point should give you pause.