Judge grants new trial in music downloading case

Unfortunate that the judge made the error. It is to his credit that he admitted the error and voided the conviction.

Of course, to seek damages for illegal distribution, the plaintiffs must show that distribution happened.

I really hope that the judge resets the penalty amount of the case, perhaps down to as low as only about 10X the actual cost, so $540, but to make it as much as $222,000, is extremely & utterly ridiculous. yes, she understands what she did was wrong now, but she didn't deliberately try to profit from the sale of the copyrighted material as a great many others have done in the past. Just my couple cents worth.