Three Australians Arrested Over Alleged $60 Million In Music Piracy
from the just-great dept
Well, it appears that the US isn't the only nation that is looking to throw college kids in jail for (oh no!) listening to music. Australia has now done a copycat action and thrown three students in jail and charged them with $60 million worth of piracy. They're hoping to throw these kids in jail for 5 years. At what point does the music industry realize what a huge mistake they're making? They're basically alienating their biggest fans for wanting to promote their music for them. The record industry deserves to die if they honestly believe that these three students are causing $60 million worth of harm.
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