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Mrs Price, a self-confessed computer illiterate, said: "I don't know where I'm going to get the money from. I'll have to go to prison because I haven't got that kind of money."
As well as using the PC to help with her homework, 14-year-old Emily had been using file-sharing to download 1,400 songs for free."
From the Guardian. [URL]http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1511068,00.html[/URL]
How stupid is this? I know it's making an example but even so.
On a more personal note, Tphi wonders whether turning off LimeWire now might not be a bad idea.
Mrs Price, a self-confessed computer illiterate, said: "I don't know where I'm going to get the money from. I'll have to go to prison because I haven't got that kind of money."
As well as using the PC to help with her homework, 14-year-old Emily had been using file-sharing to download 1,400 songs for free."
From the Guardian. [URL]http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1511068,00.html[/URL]
How stupid is this? I know it's making an example but even so.
On a more personal note, Tphi wonders whether turning off LimeWire now might not be a bad idea.
But 1,400 is quite a lot, so..
(although tbh... probably around 200 are legal)
Hope she goes to jail.
the fine is likely to be for having tracks she didnt own.
Sue me.
Is it because they're more likely to obey warnings or perhaps it's because they buy most of the crap that makes the money in the pop charts?
It seems if you're not in school you're pretty safe.
> I say good, she must have know her daughter was downloading music.
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> Hope she goes to jail.
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> the fine is likely to be for having tracks she didnt own.
You're viscious!
See whenever I download anything from a P2P network, which is rarely, I never upload any files, I just keep them in a separate folder which isnt shared. Saying that I proceed to buy most of the stuff I 'trial'...