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A very, very expensive playlist

Chris Girard, Boston.com
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On July 31, a US district court jury ordered Boston University graduate student Joel Tenenbaum (pictured) to pay four record labels a total of $675,000 in damages for illegally downloading 30 songs and sharing them online.

What music could possibly be worth this much? Click through this gallery for a look at some of the songs Tenenbaum downloaded. It's sort of like poking through a friend's iPod, albeit one that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars -- $22,500 per song -- to fill.
On July 31, a US district court jury ordered Boston University graduate student Joel Tenenbaum (pictured) to pay four record labels a total of $675,000 in damages for illegally downloading 30 songs and sharing them online. What music could possibly be worth this much? Click through this gallery for a look at some of the songs Tenenbaum downloaded. It's sort of like poking through a friend's iPod, albeit one that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars -- $22,500 per song -- to fill.
Yoon S. Byun/Globe staff
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