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Author: Jeffrey Pyne
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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