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Originally Posted by timezone
The first person allegedly charged with stealing music if you remember a number of years ago, thought she was making a legal purchase. I believe she even paid for the downloads. However the site owner did not have the rights to sell the music. The seller might have been charged with a crime but I am not sure. She was charged with the alleged crime. Just being cautious how I state the outcome of which I am not sure of the final results. She made a commercial about not downloading copyrighted songs. I think the commercial she made had something to do with "making it right" Sounds similar.
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I'm not sure who you are referring to. Jammie Thomas was the first person to be tried before a jury for file-sharing copyright infringement. As far as I know, the claim is that she used Kazaa, a file sharing software, and she is accused of making files on her drive available for download to others.
So, this is a totally different case, she did not think she is buying music legally, and she is not accused of having the songs, but for making them available for download to others.
(And, no one is accusing anyone of theft or stealing, but of copyright infringement.)
But maybe you meant some other case?