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THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Download dilemma

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October 13, 2007
Download dilemma

The landmark music copyright verdict refocused attention on file sharing, including the record industry's efforts to quell it.

Jammie Thomas, the Minnesota woman who last week was ordered to pay the recording industry $222,000 for copyright violations related to sharing songs, has decided to appeal the verdict. Thomas announced her decision on cable news channel CNN and on her MySpace.com page, saying that the appeal would be based on the federal jury's finding that making songs available online violates copyright.


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