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Supreme Court declines petition from doctorate student sued by RIAA

article published on 21 May, 2012

The case of Joel Tenenbaum continues. Tenenbaum, the former doctorate student who was convicted of illegally sharing 30 tracks via P2P has had his Supreme Court petition declined, sending the case back to the district court from which it came. The alleged pirate was originally fined $675,000 for sharing the tracks, but the fine was reduced to $67,500 in 2010, after a judge deemed the ... [ read the full article ]

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Mez
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_ 		25. May 2012 @ 09:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The RIAA has never collects a dime from any court case. That is the way they like it. They prefer to have the BIG threat. Smarter firms and the real danger to P2P settle for 2-3 K out of court. They process thousands of these a year. These firms have pretty much put an end to business as usual in the P2P world. Most have either stopped or have moved to pay services. In the P2P world even tiny fees have great effect.
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ronatola
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_ 		25. May 2012 @ 14:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
there but for the grace of God, go many of us.
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