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Jeffrey Pyne plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Fri, 20 Jun 2003 09:52:45 -0700


On Thursday, June 19, 2003 8:54 PM, Craig White wrote:

> Consider these hypotheticals 
>
> 2 - I am an employer and one of my employees uses the internet
> connection in my office to download/upload copyrighted music 
> files. I am liable for the activities of my employee even
> though I had no idea what he was doing.

That is true-- just ask Integrated Information Systems of Tempe.  They paid
a $1 million settlement to the RIAA a couple years ago because, (apparently)
unbeknownst to them, some employees had set up a Napster-type server.
(http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2002/04/08/daily66.html)  Man,
that's gotta hurt.

~Jeff