A jury was seated Oct. 2 in the trial of Jammie Thomas, who is being sued by the recording industry for allegedly illegally sharing music online. Thomas, a 30-year-old mother of two, is the first of 26,000 people sued by the industry to take a case to trial. She is accused of illegally sharing 1,702 songs for free on a file-sharing network. Her trial offers the first chance for both sides in the debate over online music sharing to show a jury its version of the facts.
October 02, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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A jury of 12 people, including an amateur musician, was seated Oct. 2 in the trial of Jammie Thomas, who is being sued by the recording industry for allegedly illegally sharing music online.
Thomas, a 30-year-old mother of two, is the first of 26,000 people sued by the industry to take a case to trial. She is accused of illegally sharing 1,702 songs for free on a file-sharing network.
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