Woman Fined $1.92M for Sharing Music Online

" The attorney for the Minnesota woman found liable for sharing copyright protected music on the Internet says he expects the one point nine million dollar -- to be reversed on appeal. Attorney kiwi com arena says his client 32 year old Jimmy Thomas percent. Plans to appeal this week's verdict her legal team will take a few days to decide on the specific legal grounds. But the size of the fine will be probably be part of it. Let's talk more about this were joined on the KCBS news on now by actually -- she's associate director of the fair use project at Stanford Law School center for Internet and society. Thank you very much for talking to us this afternoon. She. Guilty on entering a second trial of illegally downloading 24 songs. And the judge finder 80000 dollars per song -- want people would say that that's just really excessive that the punishment doesn't fit the crime which you agree."

" Let them and just to clarify what that jury verdict that was centered. And signature -- elected DD. Actual dollar amount on coming up 80000 dollars per song. But I think it's. Becomes clear that the copyright act which allowed terror range. Damages and -- trash finer -- interest. Kind of quiche."

" Her work at 250000. Dollar to her work just quite eight."

" Broad range for -- to venture and a verdict which you know doesn't clearly doesn't match. On the images that were -- org. -- crimes and mr."

" EEB -- symbol this is just a fluke verdict from a jury in terms of that dollar figure but this is the second time the jury has come up with a a huge number effect I believe the second number is bigger than the first."

" Great that's straight the first to Alberta has 220000. Dollars from the judge. -- Jury instruction into the -- retrial and obviously. Much worse outcome for the defendant and it just. Just to show that the discretion that the jury has."

" With such a wide."

" Wide range of where they can -- the the amount of the award but they're going to grant once they find. Copyright infringement problems and he he announced the dollar amount doesn't have to be tied to any troops by the -- just on the record industry about. -- actual damages suffered or anything like that once they decide what to willful infringement which it can be up to a 150000. Dollars per work."

" This is among the first music file sharing cases to go to trial. How do you think it will influence of what is yet to come."

" Well I think that it -- obviously. Send a message that obviously increased great increases greatly."

" The risks to anybody who wants to. Chinese these kind of charges or -- defend themselves against them to just cash you are you know you."

" Potentially have touched me."

" Huge award but it could be awarded against you but as far as what the record industry is trying to do -- and they are trying to. What they're they're -- letters they want people to cattle they don't want to go through these lawsuits which are obviously costly for them."

" So there are minor I don't think that via."

" Any of the -- that's what ever see if ever collect one point ninety million dollars from Russia and original at the beginning of the artist with adversity and that money it's largely uncharted stand on attorney chase over the last. Years of growing church -- trials to. You know have a verdict against a woman so. You know -- and what the record industry until just a number that they announced that people -- able to settle rather than try and I'll. You know they can."

" You know it's scary prospect trying to deconstruct -- put these kind of this kind of action against."

" Is there and thank you very much for your time again that is Julie Aronson an associate director of the fair use project at Stanford Law School center for Internet and society. Weighing in on this huge for -- that was. A return by a jury today in this copyright protected music sharing case."