Why You Shouldn't Download Music Illegally

Because you could be sued for $1.5 million dollars by the recording industry like Jammie Thomas-Rasset was according to the Toronto Sun (http://www.torontosun.com/tech/news/2010/11/04/15967161.html).






In 2007, she became the first person to be sued by the RIAA for illegally downloaded music. She had hundreds of illegally downloaded songs on her hard drive and 24 of them were found to be in violation of the RIAA's copyright.






While each song would have cost about one dollar a piece to buy legally, she is being ordered to pay nearly $80,000 per song.

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