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Originally Posted by stocktrader23
I'm sure someone has corrected you already but downloading music will not make anyone get sued just like looking at an illegally shared image right here on GFY. If someone were so stupid to sue someone simply for downloading they would be laughed out of court.
The media doesn't report this shit right but as you can see from your article the 12 year old used Kazaa. By default, when you download a song it goes in a folder that lets others download it from you. They are not suing people for simply downloading just like they can't sue you for listening to the same song on a stolen YouTube video.
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actually there are, because the evidence collect doesn't provide proof of any other download but the one that was committed under the authority of the record company, they infer the other downloads (basically get them convicted of the download, and pump the damages based on the infered losses)
btw that one of the main reasons i know this is a precedent destroying case, and not a get the girl off case, they would have addressed this abuse a long time ago if they wanted this issue settled.