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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
(Also, for whatever reason it appears that Thomas actually shared 1700 songs but the companies only sought damages for 24; I'm not sure why)
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Probably because those were the only ones they owned along with the musicians that created them, and all the other songs were independent/small label releases.
Independent music has always been shared more than corporation music, right back to the cassette days. The reasons are pretty obvious, if you want to listen to corporation music you just turn on the radio. People who discover other types of music for the first time want to share it with their friends. mp3 is just the latest version of cassettes. Technically illegal, but only the corporations care about it.