MU$IC TO WEB 'CON'S' EARS June 27, 2003 -- One of four New York college students accused by the recording industry of making songs available for illegal downloading says he collected the money for his $12,000 fine online. "Thanks to the many generous people out there, I have recovered my savings," read a posting on 19-year-old Jesse Jordan's Web site. "Please don't send me any more money." Jordan, a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate Troy, was able to raise the money just six weeks after the Recording Industry Association of America announced settlements with four students it claimed stored songs on servers accessible through their schools' high-speed Internet networks. Jordan, who admitted no wrongdoing in the settlement, solicited donations on his personal Web site, http://www.chewplastic.com More than 900 people made donations from around the world, according to his father, Andy Jordan. The donations - which ranged from about 10 cents to $500 - picked up after other Web sites either took up the cause or reported on Jesse's solicitation, he said. "It just took off as the story got bigger and bigger," Andy Jordan said yesterday. "This is only going to alienate people," adding that a lot of the online donations included comments like: "I'm sending this to you instead of buying a CD." Jordan and one other accused student attend RPI. The other two attend Princeton University and Michigan Technological University. ---
well, this riot is more like a bunch of people going into a bookstore, one of em buys a book, photocopies certain chapters for his friends (maybe a few extra and leave it somewhere for others to stumble upon). those that like those chapters, BUY the book. (or at least thats what i tell myself as i download radiohead )
