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Grad Student Admits to Illegally Downloading, Distributing Songs 6 Years Ago; Music Downloader Ordered to Pay US$675,000

Joel Tenenbaum of Providence, R.I., now admits he illegally downloaded and distributed 30 songs six years ago. What the 25-year-old Boston University graduate student couldn't have known was how much sharing music with his friends would cost him.

KRISTINA WONG, HUMA KHAN and LINDSAY GOLDWERT | ABC News | Published: 08/01/2009 09:19

After facing trial for copyright infringement, a Boston jury ordered him to pay $675,000 to four record labels for illegally sharing music, the Associated Press reported.

Tenenbaum is only the second American to be taken to trial in such a case.

Tenenbaum tried to settle the case for $5,000, but the offer was rejected, Debbie Rosenbaum, a spokeswoman for Tenebaum's lawyer, Charles Nesson, told ABC News.

While Tenenbaum told the AP he was grateful that he wasn't ordered to pay millions in damages, he said he will have to file for bankruptcy if the verdict stands.

Nesson, a Harvard Law School professor, told the AP that he plans to appeal the decision because he was not allowed to argue the case based on fair use.

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