American government: keep fine filesharer Thomas is in position

The Us White House asks the supreme court in that country at the request of a mp3-filesharer to a penalty, to lower, to reject. The filesharer, Jammie Thomas, had a compensation of $ 220,000 to pay for sharing 24 mp3 place via Kazaa.

Jammie Thomas had been at the Us supreme court a request submitted to the compensation of $ 220,000, or almost 9200 dollars per mp3 page, delete it. The American White House, is that not a good idea, as is evident from the request by the government to the supreme court has sent, and that Wired was noted.

The lawyer, Thomas argued that the level of damages ‘unconstitutional’, but the Us government argues that the constitution does not limit on damages. Also the RIAA, the group representing the interests of the American entertainment industry, which the case against Thomas filed, that the supreme court is the request of Thomas rejects.

The matter-Thomas has been running since 2007. In the past, by a number of judges issued a ruling in the case; in the past, got Thomas to even higher damages imposed, 54,000 dollars, 1.5 million dollars and even 1.9 million dollars. The odds of Thomas to the supreme court does not seem very large: over the past two similar cases in the court were rejected. Last August even were the judges of the supreme court a ruling in the case of a filesharende student standing. That had to 675.000 dollars to pay for the share of 31 mp3 place.