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	File Sharing III

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9-13-2008 9:49 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/494f49d8-716c-45d8-89ec-5248497e341a/470156D0-B09D-43B6-AC1A-EEC36358A80D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=71479&catid=2" href="http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=71479&catid=2" style="font-size: 11px;">www.todaysthv.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=71479&catid=2">IPods and MP3 players are becoming more and more a part of our daily lives. As 
their popularity grows, so does the problem of illegal music downloads. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=71479&catid=2">But on more than 150 college and university campuses, the <A 
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fighting back against the illegal downloading and file sharing among students. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=71479&catid=2"><P>In February 2007, the RIAA began issuing early settlement letters to offending students by way of their colleges or universities. Those letters state that the student can settle with the recording industry out-of-court for fee ranging between $3,000 and $4,000. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=71479&catid=2"><P>If the student doesn't respond and is prosecuted, fines can increase to $750 per illegally downloaded file. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=71479&catid=2"><P>"This is no different than going into a retail store, picking something up off the shelf, putting in your pocket and walking out," said Thomas Pennington, general counsel for Arkansas Tech. "That's theft. That's essentially what's happening with illegal file sharing and illegal downloading of music." </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/470156D0-B09D-43B6-AC1A-EEC36358A80D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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