"The recording industry won a key fight Thursday against illegal music downloading when a federal jury found a Minnesota woman shared copyrighted music online and levied $222,000 in damages against her. The jury ordered Jammie Thomas, 30, to pay the six record companies that sued her $9,250 for each of 24 songs they focused on in the case. They had alleged she shared 1,702 songs online in violation of their copyrights." 
If someone sets up a defense fund for this woman's appeal, I'll contribute to it. This fine is so grossly disproportionate to the offense, it's insane. The RIAA is going to put itself, and the recording industry as we know it, out of business with an image like this. If you can't get your customers to buy your product, might as well sue the money out of them. :roll:
Update: Felix Torres has (as always) posted a great reply to my thoughts. I stand corrected. This appears to be a pretty open and shut case of clear copyright violation. So, sorry lady, you're on your own!