Judge Reduces $2 Million Penalty in File-Sharing Case

A federal judge drastically reduced a nearly $2 million verdict against a woman found guilty last year of sharing 24 songs over the Internet, calling the jury's penalty "monstrous and shocking." U.S. District Judge Michael Davis reduced the $1.92 million penalty a jury imposed against Jammie Thomas-Rasset to $2,250 per song, or about $54,000.

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