Excessive File Sharing Verdict Rejected By Trial Court For the Third and Final Time

The hardest working case in showbiz made another appearance today.  It's the Jammie Thomas-Rasset song file sharing case.  Judge Davis has had enough.  There were three trials on damages due to the parties' refusal to accept the jury award or a remittitur to the same.  The latest damages verdict came in at $1.5 million for sharing 24 songs.  The Court said the Constitution forbids such an excessive award and reduced the amount to $54,000, or three times the statutory minimum.   Take it, leave it, or take it away to the Eight Circuit Court of Appeals, boys and girls.  A copy of the order in the case is on Scribd.  [MG]