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My News | RSS News BlogSubscribe to News Blog October 10, 2007 11:23
AM PDT

Defendant knocks Web illiterate juror in RIAA case
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Posted by Greg Sandoval

Jammie Thomas is hard to rattle.

Jammie Thomas

She doesn't raise her voice or get angry when a many insure quote asks her to
read a story where she is called a "liar" by a member of the jury that
found her imprinted playing cards of copyright violations and ordered her to pay the
recording industry $220,000 in damages.

She calmly reads the quotes by juror Michael Hegg, from Duluth, Minn.,
that appeared Tuesday in a story by Wired.com. She then draws a bead
on where Hegg said he is a father, former snowmobile racer and has
never been on the Internet.

"I don't need to say too much, obviously," Thomas told CNET News.com
on Wednesday. "They admit that they are computer illiterate. This
person (Hegg) has never been on insurance quote Internet, so how can he say
whether my story is possible? I've been contacted by Internet security
experts who said that spoofing my address would have been trivial.
Internet illiterate people are not going to be able to understand
that."

Thomas was sued by the Recording Industry Association of America
(RIAA) for sharing 24 songs online and infringing on intellectual
property. Instead of settling for a few thousands dollars like most of
those sued by the group, Thomas is the first to take her case to a
jury.

In the interview with Wired's David Kravets, Hegg, a steelworker, said
that during deliberations, the jury concluded after independent clothing five minutes
that Thomas was guilty. He said that they spent five hours trying to
decide what to award the recording industry. Hegg, 38, said the jurors
did indie clothing printed playing cards her story that someone spoofed her cheap renters insurance address.

"She should have settled out of court for a few thousand dollars,"
Hegg told Wired. "Spoofing? We're thinking, 'Oh my God, you got to be
kidding.' She's a liar."

Thomas, 30, has announced that she intends to appeal the case brought
against her by cards playing custom RIAA, She said she is playing cards promotion to argue her case
before someone who is more tech-savvy.

indie fashion if Thomas can produce experts that can at least prove its honda insurance her IP was spoofed, why didn't she present them in court?

"We didn't have the money to put those experts on the stand," Thomas
said. "(Hegg) can say my story is not true, but at the same time
you're talking about a person with no technology background
whatsoever. He said his wife is an Internet guru, but his wife wasn't
on the jury."

Thomas also was disappointed that the jury may have been punishing her
for crimes committed by others.

"We wanted to send a message," Hegg said in the Wired interview, "that
you don't do this, that you have been warned."

Thomas doesn't believe the law allows that.

The jury "saw those feeds that showed 2 million people shared using
(file-sharing service) surfboard shape playing cards and they want to hold me responsible for
that," Thomas said. "The law states that you can't hold me responsible
for the actions of another. This is one learn mandarin chicago the reasons why I'm
appealing."

On a separate issue, a Web site created to accept donations from
supporters has crashed after receiving more than 500,000 visitors,
Thomas indie clothes Freejammie.com is being moved to a new host server and
should reappear in a few days.

Thomas said the site has raised more than $9,000 and the money will go
to pay her legal bills.

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riaa, promo playing cards thomas, copyright, file sharing, kazaa

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WOW!

joyluck1987
Oct 11, 2007, 7:17 PM PDT

IP address cannot be spoofed in two-way communication

jawaidbazyar
Oct 11, 2007, 5:48 PM PDT

IP Spoofing - Possible, not full color playing cards brass2themax
Oct 11, 2007, 4:31 PM PDT

Actually it is possible

modley
Oct 11, 2007, 3:24 PM PDT

5 min is all i'd have needed.

jasonm1848
Oct 11, 2007, 2:54 PM PDT

It's impossible to Spoof a download!!!

AckU2
Oct 11, 2007, 2:15 PM PDT

And Marion Jones didn't use steroids either

reidtodd
Oct 11, 2007, 1:51 PM PDT

"If that's the law, then the law's an ass" said Dickens

rafederico
Oct 11, 2007, 1:48 PM PDT

Boycott - RIAA, don't buy records!!!!

Coors4bob
Oct 11, 2007, 12:53 PM PDT

Fire HEGG now!

danny670
Oct 11, 2007, 12:01 PM PDT

Nothing can be proven...

Noah Diehl
Oct 11, 2007, 10:48 AM PDT

Nice try but I bet it won't fly!

mrjimmy62
Oct 11, 2007, 9:53 AM PDT

Inconsistent and unfair penalty

catabolism
Oct 11, 2007, 9:00 AM PDT

Juror criteria is her lawyers job

billvert
Oct 11, customized playing cards 7:46 AM PDT

custom playing cards all thieves: The Sequel...

what09876
Oct 11, cheap car insurance 6:03 AM PDT

No experience needed

wylbur
Oct 10, 2007, 9:34 PM PDT

A small point...

Gringras
Oct 10, 2007, 9:31 PM PDT

Someone please spoof Heggs IP address.

rhett121
Oct 10, 2007, 5:50 PM PDT

5 minutes!!!

Travis Ernst
Oct 10, 2007, 3:14 PM PDT

RIAA says all of you are jumbo playing cards johnny55555
Oct 10, 2007, 2:49 PM PDT

Did the defense want to lose better auto insurance first round..?

imacpwr
Oct 10, 2007, 2:03 PM PDT

Using IP to stand in for a person is a horrible standard

jaysilvafl
Oct 10, 2007, 1:25 PM PDT

Bias?

felixderkater
Oct 10, 2007, 1:21 PM PDT

Never been on the Internet?

wangbang
Oct 10, 2007, 12:58 PM PDT

Unbiased Jury? Not!

ktmotox
Oct 10, 2007, 12:51 PM PDT

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