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By Associated Press   |  Music  |  June 15, 2009

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A jury has been selected and opening statements are expected later Monday in Minneapolis in a replay for the nation’s only music file-sharing defendant so far to go to trial.

Thirty-two-year-old Jammie (JAY’-mee) Thomas-Rasset of Brainerd lost her first trial in 2007 when a jury in Duluth awarded the recording companies $222,000.

But U.S. District Judge Michael Davis later concluded he made a mistake in his jury instructions and ordered the retrial.

This time, Davis will tell jurors the recording companies need to prove that someone actually downloaded the music that Thomas-Rasset allegedly made available over the Internet. Last time, he told the jury the plaintiffs didn’t have to prove anyone downloaded the copyright-protected songs.

The companies suing are subsidiaries of four major recording companies.

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