Joel Tenenbaum, a student of Boston University has been ordered by the court to pay up $675,000 as penalty for illegally downloading music and sharing with others. Joel isn't that shocked by the verdict as he was expecting the penalty to be in millions. Tenenbaum has previously admitted that he has downloaded more than 800 songs between 1999 and 2007 on his home computer in Rhode Island and at his college computer in Maryland. The jury was in a position to fine him around 4.5 million dollars for all the songs at a rate of $150,000 for each of the songs downloaded. This is just the second case of copyright infringement law in the Main land USA.
What is he going to do now and are the record industries going to get any money back from this verdict??? The answer is no. Joel Tenenbaum is definitely going to declare bankruptcy and hence get out of this case in a simple way. But he has got some very good support from the RIAA and MPAA haters. This is just an option for Joel. Whether he goes this way or not is left to his discretion. Be careful guys, next time you download something be careful to get them encrypted or something else like that....
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What is he going to do now and are the record industries going to get any money back from this verdict??? The answer is no. Joel Tenenbaum is definitely going to declare bankruptcy and hence get out of this case in a simple way. But he has got some very good support from the RIAA and MPAA haters. This is just an option for Joel. Whether he goes this way or not is left to his discretion. Be careful guys, next time you download something be careful to get them encrypted or something else like that....
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