It’s tough enough raising four kids, you know with food costs, clothing costs, medical costs, and all that. Even clipping coupons, shopping at thrift stores, and taking advantage of dental care discounts, it’s tough. How did the jury come to this decision anyway? $80,000 per song!?! Were they crazy?

Attorneys for Jammie Thomas-Rasset, a Minnesota mother of four slapped with a $1.92 million fine by a federal jury last month for illegally downloading 24 songs, have filed a request for a new trial.

They’re right to request one because the judgment against the music-sharing mom was ridiculous.

The award for damages — which comes out to $80,000 per song — “shocks the conscience and must be set aside,” Thomas-Rasset’s lawyers wrote.

With the current rates on iTunes and places like that, a fine of $5 per song should be suffice, don’t you think? Hopefully this mother of four will receive a proper fine so she can put this behind her.

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