Kazaa Agrees to Pay $100m to the Record Industry

siddesu writes "BBC has the following breaking story: File-sharing site Kazaa will become a legal music download service following a series of high-profile legal battles. The peer-to-peer network has also agreed to pay $100m (£53m) in damages to the record industry. The announcement follows the release of a music industry report that says more than 20 billion music tracks have been downloaded illegally in the last year. Hungry artists across the globe rejoice."

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Here is a mental picture: RIAA, the Zoo keeper

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Record Industry represented by RIAA, the Zoo keeper
Artists, dirty animals yanked out of their natural habitat (street corner)
The sign, "Please, Don't Feed the Artists."
Listeners, "We are not allowed to see animals outside of the Zoo... because it's illegal..."

I hope, ./er's minds are still active and imaginative enough to draw that satire cartoon in your mind.