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Where will they stop?

A woman is sued, successfully, for $220,000 for sharing 24 songs on the internet.

http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1036120

An auto repair shop is sued for playing the radio so that their customers can hear songs from the airwaves, making it a commercial performance, for £200,000.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7029892.stm

In the words of Marc Andreesson, in his guide to running Big Companies:

"Appendix for media companies only: For God's sake, stop suing your customers."

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