CALLING THE TUNES.

The article focuses on the significance of the decision of a jury in Duluth, Minnesota to hod Brainerd resident Jammie Thomas liable for $222,000 in damages for making files available for download on a peer-to-peer file-sharing network to Denver, Colorado-based Holme Roberts & Owen. Partner Richard Gabriel states that the case shows that there is a real risk to people who infringe. There is an increase in the number of small firms and solo practitioners that defend people who said they were wrongly accused.