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Industry wants to ban Minn. woman from downloading

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Jul. 6, 2009
It's been just a few weeks since a federal jury ruled in a music-downloading case that a Minnesota woman must pay $1.92 million. Now, the recording industry wants to make sure Jammie Thomas-Rasset doesn't do it again. Attorneys for the recording industry are...
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch