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RIAA backs off on illegal download lawsuits – but not in time for some University of Wisconsin-Madison students

Celeste Lewis is in a pickle that could prove costly, all because of something she did mostly in high school, when it seemed like everybody else was doing it.

The UW-Madison junior said that back home in Chicago, she started using file sharing software to illegally download music. She said she did it briefly as a freshman in college until her conscience told her that downloading music for free was wrong.