A federal jury Thursday found a 32-year-old Minnesota woman guilty of illegally downloading music from the Internet and fined her $80,000 each -- a total of $1.9 million -- for 24 songs.

Jammie Thomas-Rasset's case was the first such copyright infringement case to go to trial in the United States, her attorney said.

Attorney Joe Sibley said that his client was shocked at fine, noting that the price tag on the songs she downloaded was 99 cents.

She plans to appeal, he said.

Cara Duckworth, a spokeswoman for the Recording Industry Association of America, said the RIIA was "pleased that the jury agreed with the evidence and found the defendant liable."

"We appreciate the jury's service and that they take this as seriously as we do," she said.

Thomas-Rasset downloaded work by artists such as No Doubt, Linkin Park, Gloria Estefan and Sheryl Crow.

This was the second trial for Thomas-Rasset. The judge ordered a retrial in 2007 after there was an error in the wording of jury instructions.

The fines jumped considerably from the first trial, which granted just $22,000 to the recording companies.

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The last time I played the OVER in a Cubs home game because of the wind, they were 6 HR's in the game, and Cubs won 11-7.

According to some report, Wind out to Right-Center, 11-13mph.

I always say regardless who pitches at Wrigley Field, the winds will get the best of him.

A routine fly ball could land as a HR. Players know this and they try to swing for the fences hoping for the best.

Tonight's total is at 9 at plus money (+110) for the OVER.

Cubs give Dempster one of the best (if not the best) run support at home averaging a whopping 8 runs per games and going 10-0 in the process.

I might go ahead and get the plus money here.

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