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1972vet · 08-01-2009, 03:53 AM

Just one of MANY reasons why users should avoid using p2p programs. Click Me.

**koala** · 08-01-2009, 09:12 AM

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Under federal law, the recording companies were entitled to $750 to $30,000 per infringement. But the law allows as much as $150,000 per track if the jury finds the infringements were willful. The maximum jurors could have awarded in Tenenbaum's case was $4.5 million. Jurors ordered Tenenbaum to pay $22,500 for each incident of copyright infringement, effectively finding that his actions were willful.

I wonder if the same ridiculous fine would be applied if someone stole a physical CD from a store and then made copies for friends instead of a downloading and sharing a digital copy online.

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