Third P2P verdict for Jammie Thomas: $1.5 million

The first P2P case to come to trial in the US has lasted five years and now has three verdicts, this one coming after just two hours of deliberation. Jammie Thomas-Rasset must pay $62,500 for each of the 24 songs at issue in the case, for total of $1.5 million. "We are again thankful to the jury for its service in this matter and that they recognized the severity of the defendant's misconduct," said the RIAA after the case wrapped up. "Now with three jury decisions behind us along with a clear affirmation of Ms. Thomas-Rasset's willful liability, it is our hope that she finally accepts responsibility for her actions." The damage award remains staggeringly high—this is two CDs of music we're talking about—but it's still $400,000 less than the previous $1.92 million damage award from Thomas-Rasset's last trial.
To put that in context, consider the four file-sharing jury awards issued in the US to date:

• $222,000 against Thomas-Rasset in 2007 ($9,250 per song)
• $1.92 million against Thomas-Rasset in her 2009 retrial ($80,000 per song)
• $1.5 million today ($62,500 per song)
• $675,000 in the similar Joel Tenenbaum case in Massachusetts ($22,500 per song)

On a per-song basis, none of these are all that close to each other; are juries doing anything more than plucking amounts from the air here?