The recording industry has won its only ever case bought to trail against a suspected P2P pirate.

Jammie Thomas-Rasset, a single mother of four from the US state of Minnesota, apparently cost the music industry $1.92 million in damages when she apparently placed files on Kazaa.

The jury took just under five hours on Thursday to reach its verdict. Thomas-Rasset had been convicted previously, in October 2007, and ordered to pay $220,000 in damages but the judge who presided over that trial threw out the verdict calling it "wholly disproportionate" and "oppressive."

It is expected that Thomas-Rasset will appeal the case on the basis that the damages are way out of line with reality. In December, the RIAA said it will stop suing people who download illegally and focus instead on getting internet Service Providers to take action. 

This is mostly because as a technique it was failing to stop illegal file sharing and was costing the industry too much in legal bills.