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Now that Jammie Thomas-Rasset owed .92 million to the recording industry for sharing 24 songs on KaZaA back in 2005, the case might seem to be closed. In reality, though, Thomas-Rasset still has numerous options for dealing with the verdict. Let’s run them down.

Pay it

According to Thomas-Rasset, paying the .92 million damage award is simply impossible. As a brownfield development coordinator for the Mille Lacs band of the Ojibwe, Thomas-Rasset doesn’t bring the cash home in wheelbarrows. “Like squeezing blood from a turnip,” is how she described any attempt to collect on the judgment.

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