Thomas said she hopes her case eventually reaches the U.S. Supreme Court.

​Jammie Thomas-Rassett, the Minnesota woman who was originally penalized $1.5 million for downloading and sharing two dozen 80's rock songs, had her penalty reduced to $54,000 by a U.S. District Court Judge on Friday.

Judge Michael Davis's decision knocks about 95 percent off the amount of money Thomas-Rasset would owe to the Recording Industry Association of America.

The penalty in the case has fluctuated wildly: Originally, RIAA tried to bring a fine against Thomas-Rasset of nearly $3.6 million, at a cost of $150,000 per song. Instead, the case went to court, three different times. Davis's ruling obliterates the last jury ruling of $1.5 million in fines.

The ordeal has dragged on for almost six years, but Thomas-Rasset, the subject of a February cover story, tells City Pages she's ready to keep fighting.

"We're trying to get it to the [U.S.] Supreme Court," Thomas-Rasset says. "To tell them, look, this law's on the books ... you can pretty much, for the value of less than two CDs nowadays, you can end up having to pay over $3 million. It has to change."
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