] One of four college students who were accused of trading
] songs online and settled lawsuits in early May with the
] music industry has managed to collect his entire $12,000
] fine on the Internet.
]
] Jesse Jordan, 19, a sophomore this fall at Rensselaer
] Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., saw his cause picked
] up by the popular Web site Slashdot.org (motto: "News for
] Nerds. Stuff that matters"). Money began pouring in,
] "anywhere from 10 cents to $500. I never expected to
] raise the whole thing. People are very generous," says
] Jordan.
]
] "Where the money comes from doesn't matter," says Matt
] Oppenheim of the Recording Industry Association of
] America. "Have we deterred these people and others from
] engaging in this kind of behavior? Clearly we have."

Oppenheim obviously didn't get the point.

Fined student gets donations to tune of $12K