College Student Must Pay $675K for Illegal Song Downloads

Student Lounge College Life
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<p>"It’s been almost two years since a former student from Boston was re-ordered to pay $675,000 for illegally downloading and sharing 30 songs. That judgment had been downgraded to $67,500 by one court and deemed unconstitutional, and then ticked right back up again. Another federal appeals court has just ruled he’s still on the hook." ...</p>

<p>Court</a> Upholds $675,000 Fee College Student Must Pay For Illegally Sharing 30 Songs ? Consumerist</p>

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<p>Oh look, companies want to make a college student pay a bunch of money for no reason so they can make an example of him even though they’re already greedy bastards who don’t understand how this stuff works. Idiots.</p>

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<p>Yes, because this will stop illegal downloads.</p>

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<p>Holy crap, this is basically extortion!</p>

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<p>im not supporting the prosecution, but the student is pretty dumb to have continued to share the music even after being warned not to do so.</p>