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Internet Cafe Fined for Letting Users Burn Downloaded Music

Posted by timothy on from the micromanagement dept.

prostoalex writes: "EasyInternetCafe, an international operation with cafes in major Western European cities, is fighting the attempts of British Phonographic Industry to fine it for letting customers burn the downloaded music to CD's. It managed to lower the original fine of 1M British pounds to GBP 100,000 so far."

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  1. old technology? by Izanagi · · Score: 2, Funny

    British Phonographic Industry

    A Phonograph?

    So, they're still unaware of USB pocket drives...HEHE

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  2. i misread it ... by morcheeba · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought this was related to internet cafe fined for letting users burn but thankfully not.

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