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Supreme Court Lets Stand Student’s $675,000 Penalty For Downloading

Better go to iTunes or else you might have your head chopped off for downloading. Well maybe your head won’t be chopped off, but you WILL be destroyed financially.

(From NPR)

“Without commenting on the merits of the case, the Supreme Court this morning let stand a $675,000 jury verdict against a 25-year-old Boston University student who downloaded 30 songs nearly a decade ago and then shared them with others on a peer-to-peer network.”

30 songs. That’s like one White Album.

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