Four reasons why the RIAA won a jury verdict of $220,000

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*Source: The Iconoclast Blog (News.com) (http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9791764-38.html)*
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The Recording Industry Association of American got a chance on Thursday to show everyone just how heavy and intimidating the legal club of copyright law can be.

As my colleague Greg Sandoval wrote (http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9791383-7.html) a few hours ago, a Minnesota woman named Jammie Thomas was sued by the RIAA for allegedly making available some 1,702 songs through the Kazaa network (though only 24 were at issue in the case). A federal jury sided with the RIAA and returned a verdict of $222,000.

I've put some recent documents in the case online here (http://politechbot.com/docs/riaa-v-jammie-thomas/) for your perusal.

So why did this verdict happen?

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