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Court won't reduce student's music download fine

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A former Boston University student who was ordered to pay $675,000 for illegally downloading and sharing 30 songs on the Internet says he will continue fighting the penalty, despite the Supreme Court's refusal Monday to hear his appeal.

Senh: How is a college student gonna paid half a million?

 

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent

The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘Thor’ tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Fast Five’. ‘Red State’ completes the top three.

 

Illegal film downloads 'up 30%'

The number of illegally downloaded films in the UK goes up nearly 30% in five years, new figures seen by Newsbeat suggest.

 

German court orders wireless passwords for all

Germany's top criminal court ruled Wednesday that Internet users need to secure their private wireless connections by password to prevent unauthorized people from using their Web access to illegally download data.

 

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