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Jury awards $675K in Boston music downloading case (AP)

Jury awards $675K in Boston music downloading case

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created Aug 01, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 3

(AP) -- A federal jury on Friday ordered a Boston University graduate student who admitted illegally downloading and sharing music online to pay $675,000 to four record labels.


Trial set to begin in Mass. music downloading case

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created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Lawyers are to begin formally presenting their case in a music downloading lawsuit filed by the recording industry against a Boston University student.


Industry wants to ban Minn. woman from downloading

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created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- Just weeks after a federal jury ruled that a Minnesota woman must pay $1.92 million for illegally sharing copyright-protected music, the recording industry wants to make sure she doesn't do it again.


Password-protected comments off limits to boss, jury rules

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created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

In a time when chat rooms, social networking and online forums are commonplace, how far can a company go in monitoring them for negative comments from discontented employees before they are guilty of "cybersnooping"?


Big fine could be big trouble in downloading case (AP)

Big fine could be big trouble in downloading case

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created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

(AP) -- The $1.92 million verdict against a Minnesota woman accused of sharing 24 songs over the Internet could ratchet up the pressure on other defendants to settle with the recording industry - if the big ...