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Judge asked to reconsider $222,000 award

October 15, 2007

Jammie Thomas of Brainerd, Minn. walks out of the U.S. District Court in Duluth, Minn. Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007, after jury selection on the first day of her civil trial for alleged music pirating through illegal sharing of song files. Thomas, a 30-year-old mother of two, is the first of 26,000 people sued by the industry whose case has gone to trial. An industry group and three recording companies claim she illegally offered 1,702 songs for free on a file-sharing network. (AP Photo/Julia Cheng)AP - A woman facing a $222,000 music-sharing verdict asked a judge on Monday to overturn it.

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