美国某女士200万美元文件共享罚款降至5.4万

时间：2010-01-26 06:42:25

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An American woman told to pay $2m (£1.23m) for sharing 24 songs over the internet has had her fine slashed1.

一位美国妇女因在互联网上共享24首歌曲而被罚款200万美元，日前她已成功使该罚款大幅削减。

Ms Thomas was accused of pirating 24 tracks, including one by Aerosmith
Ms Thomas was accused of pirating 24 tracks, including one by Aerosmith

Following an appeal, Jammie Thomas-Rasset has now been ordered to pay the Recording2 Industry Association of America唱片工业协会 (RIAA) $54,000 (£33,420).

The judge who reduced the fine said the original multi-million dollar claim by the industry body was "monstrous3荒谬的".

Ms Thomas said her legal team was looking at ways to get the fine reduced even more.

"Whether it's $2m or $54,000, I'm a mom with four kids and one income and we're not exactly rolling in滚滚而来，有大量的 that kind of dough4金钱，生面团 right now," she said.

Shocking

The RIAA first took legal action against Ms Thomas in 2007. She was accused of pirating almost 2,000 tracks but the record companies sought damages for only 24 of them.

The pirated songs included tracks by Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Green Day and Gloria Estefan. Found guilty, Ms Thomas was ordered to pay damages of $200,000.

Ms Thomas was re-tried in 2009 following mistakes made during the initial case. She was found guilty again and told to pay $1.92m.

Ms Thomas appealed against提出上诉 the damages claim resulting in a reduced fine.

"The need for deterrence5妨碍物，威慑 cannot justify6 a $2m verdict裁定，结论 for stealing and illegally distributing 24 songs for the sole purpose of obtaining free music," wrote Judge Michael Davis who heard the appeal.

US law allows recording companies to ask for damages of between $750 and $30,000 for each song illegally downloaded. This can be raised by a jury to as much as $150,000 if it believes the piracy7 was wilful8.

"It was the jury's province领域，职权 to determine the award判决，奖品 ...and this Court has merely reduced that award to the maximum amount that is no longer monstrous and shocking," he added.

Judge Davis denied Ms Thomas' request for a re-trial and told the RIAA it had seven days in which to accept the change or ask for a new trial to set new damages.

The RIAA said it was "analysing" the Judge's decision and would respond in due course.


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1 slashed 8ff3ba5a4258d9c9f9590cbbb804f2db     
v.挥砍( slash的过去式和过去分词 )；鞭打；割破；削减
参考例句：
  • Someone had slashed the tyres on my car. 有人把我的汽车轮胎割破了。
  • He slashed the bark off the tree with his knife. 他用刀把树皮从树上砍下。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 recording UktzJj     
n.录音，记录
参考例句：
  • How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
  • I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
3 monstrous vwFyM     
adj.巨大的；恐怖的；可耻的，丢脸的
参考例句：
  • The smoke began to whirl and grew into a monstrous column.浓烟开始盘旋上升，形成了一个巨大的烟柱。
  • Your behaviour in class is monstrous!你在课堂上的行为真是丢人！
4 dough hkbzg     
n.生面团；钱，现款
参考例句：
  • She formed the dough into squares.她把生面团捏成四方块。
  • The baker is kneading dough.那位面包师在揉面。
5 deterrence d230b01f8463627e6282c5e0e4f1c166     
威慑，制止； 制止物，制止因素； 挽留的事物； 核威慑
参考例句：
  • An extreme school of "disarmers" pronounced stable deterrence was a dangerous deception. “裁军论者”中的极端派声称，稳定的威摄是一种危险的骗局。
  • Escalation is thus an aspect of deterrence and of crisis management. 因此逐步升级是威慑和危机处理的一个方面。
6 justify j3DxR     
vt.证明…正当(或有理)，为…辩护
参考例句：
  • He tried to justify his absence with lame excuses.他想用站不住脚的借口为自己的缺席辩解。
  • Can you justify your rude behavior to me?你能向我证明你的粗野行为是有道理的吗？
7 piracy 9N3xO     
n.海盗行为，剽窃，著作权侵害
参考例句：
  • The government has already adopted effective measures against piracy.政府已采取有效措施惩治盗版行为。
  • They made the place a notorious centre of piracy.他们把这地方变成了臭名昭著的海盗中心。
8 wilful xItyq     
adj.任性的，故意的
参考例句：
  • A wilful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon.不能宽恕故意犯下的错误。
  • He later accused reporters of wilful distortion and bias.他后来指责记者有意歪曲事实并带有偏见。

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