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The Jammie Thomas-Rasset trial ended with the defendant found guilty of copyright infringement

Written by IT News on 9:17 AM

Another process of the RIAA against a single mother Jammie Thomas Rasset has concluded today with the jury award record statutory damages of $ 1.92 million for 24 songs she did on a file sharing network Kazaa. This amount represents $ 80,000 per song and the woman said she has no intention of paying.

The case began in 2007 when the Recording Industry Association of America in a lawsuit against Thomas Rasset claims she illegally shared 1700 songs. RIAA first contact with the woman, but she refused to ask the organization file suit. The first test has been made in October 2007 with the jury award of $220,000 to the RIAA damages. A MISTRIAL later declared in the case of U.S. District Judge Michael David decides that the jury was just the instructions.

The results of the second test also against the accused, but this time the damage was significantly higher and punishment came as a great shock to both the woman as a result of the case. American law, damages for copyright infringement from $750 up to $150,000 and the jury was particularly hard award of $80,000 in this case.

"We appreciate the jury service and that the issue as seriously as we do," said Cara Duckworth Worth, an RIAA spokeswoman. "We are pleased that the jury agrees with the evidence and found the accused guilty. Since day 1, we are prepared for the case and are prepared to do that. “

A new system offered by the RIAA, a prudent step given to try to cash of $ 1.92 environment would probably attract much public protest and negative publicity that the RIAA campaign has seen enough. Thomas-Rasset, but said she was not prepared for the Agency, even now.

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Twitter settles suit with Tony La Russa

Written by IT News on 10:37 PM

Twitter has apparently settled out of court with Tony La Russa, manager of St. Louis Cardinal Major League Baseball team, after a match earlier this week in connection with the infringement of trademark.

A Twitter user a false account of La Russa's name and used it to write tweeter that later found very offensive. The administrator contacted the social networking site to remove the account, but he maintains it never responded, even after several weeks. This leads him to file a suit accusing Twitter infringement of the mark as this page had the name of the user, in this case, Tony La Russa in its URL. He also claimed that the tweeter him "significant emotional distress" when she comment on two Cardinal pitchers who died.

The settlement was reached very quickly and apparently Twitter will only La Russa to cover legal costs and perhaps a donation to the Animal Rescue Foundation, director of charity or animal shelter. La Russa insisted that the suits on trademark infringement, despite earlier comments of its representatives. "... The biggest misconception was that it was someone using Twitter to be critical of me," La Russa told Post Dispatch centers. "I'm tired of the critics. You cannot sue someone who criticizes you. It was the view which I or we were angry at the criticism. No, it was an improper use of the name."

It is good to know that the suit was so short that the reasons were unclear at best. Twitter user conditions require that parody accounts are allowed, and the U.S. legislation does not keep websites responsible for the content of their users offer. But Twitter has decided to cheaper alternatives and perhaps gains some positive publicity after donating to animal charities.