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as an expert witness who served in several of these cases I would say you are very lucky. No fine even!

You have a screenshot of your app with a big-time RIAA artist, big time fail. Even helping people on your forum streaming a link like http://innocent.org/madonna.mp3 can bring down all your efforts. Lawyers will eat you for it. See the landmark work on the new inducement doctrine: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Studios,_Inc._v._Grokster....

For my courtroom CV, google: "borderline incompetent" :-)




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