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Comment by Fantosism

It's pretty easy to validate that everything they're saying is accurate.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-8/riaa...

> in practice the RIAA offered defendants the option of establishing a “Clean Slate” by destroying all of their illegally acquired files and paying a settlement of approximately $3 per illegal song.

The two notable cases were:

1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records,_Inc._v._Thoma...

2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_Music_Entertainment_v...

parent Fantosism 3 months ago

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