A US student has been ordered to pay $675,000 (€473K) to four music companies for breaking copyright laws after sharing music online.
Joel Tenenbaum from Boston University admitted in court that he had downloaded and distributed 30 songs.
The jury ordered Mr Tenebaum to pay €22,500 (€15,700) for each infringement.
The jury could have awarded a maximum of €4.5m (€3.15m) in the case.
It is the second such case to go to trial in the US.
Last month, a woman in Minneapolis was ordered to pay almost €2 million (€1.4m) for copyright infringement.
