This is beyond ridiculous, and is indicative of the hypocrisy of Hollywood. We're inundated with idiotic movies and songs that decry corporate America ad nauseum, but a single mom is sued by RIAA for allegedly sharing 24 songs.

Jammie Thomas, a 32-year-old single mother of two accused by the RIAA of sharing 24 songs on peer-to-peer service Kazaa, has lost her protracted legal battle. Yesterday she was ordered to pay a whopping $222,000 in damages, which amounts to $9,250 for every song shared -- this despite the fact that the RIAA was never able to prove Thomas even had Kazaa installed on her machine. Thomas maintains her innocence.

I'm no legal expert, but if I've bought a song, don't I have a license to it? And shouldn't I be able to acquire another copy for free if I lose my CD, or it breaks? And shouldn't somebody, RIAA perhaps, be required to keep a record of every song bought in order to keep it straight as to who owns what?