If a song has been downloaded from a torrent site 17,000 times, it doesn't necessarily equal 17,000 lost sales, according to US District Judge James P. Jones.
A trader from Bedford has been ordered to pay back more than £20,000 gained from his criminal activities, handed a 33-week suspended sentence and ordered to perform 120 hours community service.
A federal appeals court in Boston has agreed to hear a motion filed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) that seeks to prevent courtroom proceedings in a music piracy case from being streamed live on the Internet.
