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Mr-White · 2 Aug 2009 at 09:44

A US student has been ordered to pay $675,000 (£404,000) to four record labels for breaking copyright laws after sharing music online.

The Boston University student, Joel Tenenbaum, had admitted in court that he had downloaded and distributed 30 songs at issue in the case.

More here

How do these people intend to pay such high fines ?

MW

Mr-White · 2 Aug 2009 at 09:51

Efour2 said:
Every single thing you do your ISP can log - so next time you are downloading porn , be careful, they are watching you.

I'm pretty sure they're not a lot to view those logs unless ordered to by the police due to data protection.

The main point of this thread was the huge fines, is it just me or is that just an unrealistic figure to pay back ?

The maximum the judge could fine was up to $4.5m

MW

Mr-White · 2 Aug 2009 at 10:45

If he lives for another 50 years that works out at $675 a month lol

MW

Mr-White · 3 Aug 2009 at 16:40

If he fails in his appeal he will file for bankruptcy, so nobody wins. complete waste of time tbh

MW

Mr-White · 3 Aug 2009 at 21:41

If it was me and I knew all my salary would go towards a fine I'd have no reason to work.

MW

Mr-White · 3 Aug 2009 at 22:26

Begbie said:
This is why clever people do not use p2p.

or anyone with something to loose

MW

Mr-White · 3 Aug 2009 at 22:30

WalkeruK said:
so have any of these people who owe money paid any back yet?

I doubt the the women who got fined $1.92m will pay it all back. Depending on how many years she has to pay it back could be between $3-4k a month lol

MW