Attorneys For Both Sides Looking For Concessions in Downloading Case

(A) Just weeks after a federal jury ruled a Brainerd woman must pay 1.92-million dollars for violating copyrights on 24 songs, the recording industry wants to make sure she doesn't do it again

Attorneys for the recording industry are asking a federal judge to bar Jammie Thomas-Rasset from downloading music, sharing music files and distributing songs to the public.

The attorneys also want a judge to order that Thomas-Rasset destroy all copies of recordings that she has downloaded without authorization.

Last month, a federal jury ruled Thomas-Rasset willfully violated the copyrights on 24 songs. In their request Monday, the record company attorneys say she actually distributed over 1,700 songs through a file-sharing network.

And, later in the day attorneys for Thomas-Rasset asked a federal judge to reduce the damages she must pay, or grant a new trial

Her attorneys said Monday that this amount is "grossly excessive." They are asking a judge to reduce the damages to at total of $18-thousand dollars or grant a new trial altogether, saying some evidence shouldn't have been allowed at trial.