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Stephen Downes

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OK, so you've wiped your hard drive of all your MP3s - even the legal ones you recorded of your own garage band - out of fear of the RIAA lawsuits. So what now? Run down to the music store and buy a pile of CDs? Not likely. No, you sit down at the workbench and start writing some software that will allow you to trade MP3s without being caught. Just like last time. Meanwhile, the RIAA has settled with the 12-year old girl, dinging her parents for $2000. Next up: a working mom, a college football player and a 71-year-old grandpa. Hardened criminals, all.

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