Jammie Thomas, the Minnesota woman found guilty of copyright infringement and fined $200,000 has elected to appeal the verdict according to her lawyer. The anticipated announcement came from Lawyer Ray Beckerman, an interview Monday on CNN.
Thomas was pleasantly surprised and said of Beckerman “He explained how we’re going to take the RIAA’s theory of making available and appeal it” wrote Thomas. “He also explained how if we win, this would stop the RIAA dead in their tracks!!! Every single suit they have brought has been based on this making available theory, and if we can win this appeal, they would actually have to prove a file was shared and by someone other than their own licensed agent”
Stay tuned this could get interesting.