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Title: US student ordered to pay $675K fine to the RIAA Post by: Alex on August 03, 2009, 10:36:58 AM US student ordered to pay $675K fine to the RIAA
A PhD student at Boston University has been ordered to pay $675,000, split between four record labels, for sharing music over the internet. Joel Tenenbaum, a 25 year old graduate student studying for a PhD in Physics, admitted using a variety of peer-to-peer software including Kazaa, iMesh and Napster to download and distribute the 30 songs focused on in the case, and admitted that he had lied during his first deposition in September 2008 when he suggested that some songs had been downloaded to his computer by family members or friends. Evidence gathered using MediaSentry revealed that Tenenbuam was sharing 800 songs from his computer in August 2004, according to Ars Technica. Read full story... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/neowin-main/~3/uOHM3IZ6bkE/us-student-ordered-to-pay-675k-fine-to-the-riaa |