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The federal judge who presided over the first music file-sharing copyright damages award against an individual, when in October a jury ordered Jammie Thomas to pay record labels $220,000 in damages, said this week that he may have erred in his instructions to the jury, and is considering granting a new trial, according to reports.
U.S. District Judge Michael Davis said he was not made aware of a pertinent precedent that called into question the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) argument that simply the "making available" of songs on a hard drive via a file-sharing network amounted to infringement.
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U.S. District Judge Michael Davis said he was not made aware of a pertinent precedent that called into question the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) argument that simply the "making available" of songs on a hard drive via a file-sharing network amounted to infringement.
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