] 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 |