• By John Herrman
    Jul 20, 2009 9:54 AM 5,388
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    Student Forced to Pay $675,000 to RIAA for Sharing 30 Songs

    Court Orders File-Sharer to Pay $80,000 Per Song to RIAA
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    Kazaa Wakes Up From Lawsuit-Induced Coma, Vows to Go Legit (Updated)

    Old-line filesharing services can't seem to switch sides fast enough: Now Kazaa, leading purveyor of illegal MP3s and maliciously mislabeled pornography for a few years in the early 2000s, has been reborn as a legal, paid music download service. $20 a month gets you unlimited downloads, 2005-style: in WMA format, wrapped in tons of DRM. The history of iPod-incompatible music stores is littered with dead bodies, so, well, best of luck. UPDATE: Janko at GigaOm points to an interesting leadup to this "launch," which may not be a launch at all. An interesting read. [SMH via The Inquirer]


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