Supreme Court Denies Piracy Appeal

In the past few years, Jammie Thomas-Rasset has become famous for accusations of her illegally downloading music from the now inexistent sharing software Kazaa. Though she allegedly only downloaded twenty-four songs, almost nothing for the average teenager’s standards, she has been fined for a total of $220,000. The case has been going on for six years now, ever since she became the first person to fight piracy charges from the Recording Industry Association of America. She recently appealed to the Supreme Court to argue that the charges against her were extreme, unfair, and unconstitutional. However, the Supreme Court has denied her appeal and refused to hear her case. They previously refused to hear the case of another accused pirate, Joel Tenenbaum, who was charged with a $675,000 fine. Thomas-Rasset has claimed that the charges will force her to file for bankruptcy, which is admittedly excessive for the pirating of property worth approximately $24, especially seeing as pirating has been proven to be committed by the US government.

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