RIAA Agrees to $200-Per-Track Settlement
In at least one case, we finally have an answer. A Slashdot post reports that the RIAA has agreed to accept $200 per infringement in the organization’s case against Jammie Thomas, in lieu of the $750 per infringement they usually seek in cases like this.
“[After] the judge denied the RIAA’s reconsideration motion and scheduled a trial date, the RIAA filed papers agreeing to take the $200-per-recording amount. While $200 is still about 600 times the amount of the actual damages, it’s better than paying 26,000 times the actual damages, which is what the RIAA tried to squeeze out of Ms.
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