Judge delivers blow to RIAA's dodgy "making available" theory

The crux of the RIAA's cases against music fans is the "making available" theory, meaning that they do not need to provide proof of transfer in order to claim copyright infringement, they just need to show that someone had files available to share on a P2P network. Last October, a jury in Minnesota found Jammie Thomas guilty of copyright infringement for 24 (mostly bad) songs. It was the first federal RIAA victory using this argument against a plaintiff, with a $222,000 judgment in their favor.