A court in the US has ordered a woman to pay $222,000 (£109,000) in damages for illegally file-sharing music, according to the BBC:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7029229.stm
The jury ordered Jammie Thomas, 32, from Minnesota, to pay for offering to share 24 specific songs online - a cost of $9,250 per song. Record companies said she had illegally shared a total of 1,702 songs.
As part of IT policy, companies should issue clear warnings to staff not to illegally share music files across corporate workstations or laptops, as this could result in significant reputational damage. PCs should be inspected regularly and violators punished.
