Thursday, October 11
“ To many on the Internet, Jammie Thomas, a 30-year-old mother of two who makes $36,000 a year, is the perfect poster child for music industry abuses. Slapped with a $222,000 fine for illegally distributing music online, she contrasts sharply with the image of greedy record executives and heartless lawyers. Convicted of sharing just 24 songs, although more than 1,000 were discovered on her hard drive, she defies the image of file-sharers as wealthy college kids who would rather steal than buy.
