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Thought you might like this article located here: https://right-thoughts.us/index.php/weblog/comments/riaa_scores/ RIAA scores Holy crap.  They just ruined this woman’s life for 24 shared songs. Jammie Thomas, 30, a single mother from Brainerd, was ordered to pay the six record companies that sued her $9,250 for each of 24 songs they focused on in the case. They had alleged she shared 1,702 songs in all. Look, I’m all for defending your rights (and at the same time I am quite positive that defense is killing the industry and making the consumers angry enough to intentionally circumvent any and all copyright, but hey, what do I know), but this is ridiculous.  Also, if you decide to pirate, STOP USING KAZAA!  Never, ever, under any circumstances, use a file-sharing network.  If you must share music, do it via a secure torrent client and use PeerGuardian.  Or get a Usenet acount and use anonymous proxies to do the uploading.  Just stop using Kazaa or any other file-sharing network.  There are ways to both download and provide MP3s without giving your information to the RIAA snoops. The worst part of all of this?  Artists won’t see a single frigging extra dime from all of this court drama.  It only lines the coffers of the RIAA and increases the bonus for some talentless record execs.