RIAA has got big success agaisnt Music Piracy

Beware Before Downloading Music on Internet. Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has got big success in the new strategy by working in association with Internet service providers to stop illegal music sharing. Yesterday a Boston University student, Tenebaum, who admitted illegally downloading, 30 songs, hundreds of tunes over Kazaa's file-sharing software was ordered to pay $675,000 to four record companies. The recording companies were Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and subsidiaries of Sony. The case is only the second time an individual has gone to trial for illegally downloading music. In June, 2009, a federal jury ordered Jammie Thomas-Rasset to pay record companies $1.92 million for illegally downloading 24 songs. The argument of Tenebaum’s attorney that he was just a kid doing what kids do on the Internet. The said argument was not accepted by the court and made him liable The court awarded lesser amount, $22,500 per track, than it could have awarded to as much as $150,000 per track, or $4.5 million. The RIAA argued that "real people" have been damaged by the illegal downloading of copyrighted music. So it brought legal action against thousands of individuals it claimed were guilty of music piracy. Tenenbaum was connected to that sweep. Tenenbaum's lawyer is planning to appeal against the jury's decision. Tenenbaum have decided that he would file for bankruptcy if the verdict is not overturned. This can be a good lesson for the Indian Music Industry as now it is losing many Billion Dollars annually due to music piracy.