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Kazaa Agrees to Pay $100m to the Record Industry

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pay-up dept.

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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  1. mod 0p by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

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