Record Labels Face $6 Billion Damages for Pirating Artists

It is no secret that the major record labels have a double standard when it comes to copyright. On the one hand they try to put operators of BitTorrent sites in jail and ruin the lives of single mothers and students by demanding hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines, and on the other they sell CDs containing music for which they haven’t obtained copyright permission. In the past we’ve covered many disputes between artists and labels, where the latter is being accused or even sued for using songs without permission.

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Record Labels Face $6 Billion Damages for Pirating Artists

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