posted by: Mustansir Mamawala Jul 2 2009 @ 10:39 am

Washington: A US court laid down a $1.9 million fine against a Minnesota woman (Jammie Thomas-Rasset) who illegally downloaded 24 songs from the internet. (Think before you indulge in piracy..!!)

The 32-year-old mother of four was shocked by the fine as the price tag for legally downloading the songs that would have cost 99 cents each and planned to appeal.

Thomas-Rasset was found guilty of having illegally downloaded music by No Doubt, Sheryl Crow, Gloria Estefan and Linkin Park. The court put a $80,000-fine on every single copyright violation.

It is the second trial of the case, after a judge ordered a retrial in 2007. In the first trial, Thomas-Rasset was fined only $220,000.