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Song downloads: student fined a fortune must destroy files


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A graduate student who must pay four record labels a combined $US675,000 ($A740,537) in damages for downloading and sharing songs online has been ordered to destroy his illegal music files - but a judge declined to force him to stop promoting the activity that got him in trouble.

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source: AP

images: Fair Use/p2pnet.multibox.be/direkt.netinet.si/: RIAA/JOEL TENENBAUM

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Needless to say, he will never pay. Homeboy needs to change his sharing habits to a method that prevents lawsuits. Anon proxy server comes to mind for starters. Foreign hosted sites and blogs are another possibility.

Gotta love the Russians! :wub:

I'm sure that certain members of this board owe the RIAA more than the U.S. bank bailout. What a joke.

Homeboy got stuck for over $20k per song. How much do you owe?

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