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Originally Posted by Bigbrother  This will for sure not happen, come on, your computer taken away and a 9000 doller fine? |
"Jammie Thomas, a woman who claims she has never downloaded music, was found to have violated copyright and the court ordered her to pay the RIAA 220,000 or $9,250 for each of the 24 songs the RIAA claims she pirated."
http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/7002/riaa-wins.html
well documented case look it up. The judge ended up declaring the fine excessive, but not after many battles, and the case is still not finished.
the taking of the computer comes into play with this new act.