Defense Lawyer in Jammie Thomas Case Withdraws
On hindsight, Jammie Thomas may one day look back and wish she would have taken whatever deal was being offered during a court-mandated settlement conference just days ago. Certainly that seems to be what her lawyer, Brian Toder, must have wanted her to do, as Toder is now attmempting to withdraw from the case less than a month before a retrial in the RIAA's first copyright infringement suit to go to a jury is scheduled to take place.
According to what Toder told U.S. District Judge Michael Davis of Minnesota, he is owed nearly $130,000 "that will never be recovered, coupled with the likelihood that a similar, additional amount will be incurred if ordered to continue representation of defendant."
The RIAA doesn't appear to be opposed to Toder withdrawing from the case, but at the same time, it doesn't want another delay. Should Toder get his way, a delay would seem inevitable, as "there's no way another lawyer could try this case by June 15," Toder said in a telephone interview with Wired.
If you haven't been following, Jammie Thomas was found guilty of copyright infringement in 2007 and fined $222,000 for allegedly sharing 24 songs via Kazaa. Judge Davis later declared it a mistrial on the basis that he falsely instructed the jury that just by making available copyrighted works on a file sharing program constituted copyright infringement, even if it couldn't be proved that anyone actually downloaded the songs.
Barring another delay, a retrial is scheduled for June 15.

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matthew12345
December 14, 2009 at 4:32am
Thats amaizing...
I posted a link for whoever interested...
http://arnoldbeyerkatz.com
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JDK
May 19, 2009 at 8:55am
The lawyer isn't the only one who wont get paid....the RIAA isn't going to get jack either regardless of the outcome.
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Denis63
May 19, 2009 at 8:43am
The RIAA needs to be shot. 200K for 22 songs? lets be resonable. Hows about 22 bucks? -Denis
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brainwins
May 19, 2009 at 8:22am
"Why did they lock you up?
- Killed my husband. Cracked his head open with a baseball bat and then hid his dismembered body on the fridge. What about you?
- Shared 24 songs on the internet
-You monster"
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three6mafia1665
May 19, 2009 at 8:32am
And people wonder why the economy is in the shitter lol... waste more money on nothing RIAA
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compro01
May 19, 2009 at 8:26am
This is the reason why so many people simply settle for whatever is offered. It's cheaper than dealing with it in court due to the wondeful american rule civil court system, even if you never downloaded anything.














