Some Jurors Wanted Maximum Penalty in File-Sharing Case

Some of the jurors who levied a $222,000 penalty against a Minnesota woman for illegally sharing music online would have liked her to pay the maximum $3.6 million penalty, one juror said. The six record companies that sued her accused her of illegally dowloading songs and offering 1,702 for other people to download from her Kazaa file-sharing account. She denied ever using file-sharing software.

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