A group of students at Mixit High School started an internet based rap music file sharing through their rap music website without asking permission from right holders. The website was a success, with tens of millions of web hits per day. The rap singers whose songs were exchanged through this website saw their music sales soar by 20 per cent. Nevertheless the music producers of the labels got together and brought a legal action alleging that the act of downloading music through this website constituted an illegal activity and was tantamount to copyright infringement. They seek your advice on the damages. Which statement is correct:

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The rap musicians and music producers should be awarded damages since only they have the exclusive right to authorize the distribution of their works [c]

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The website was a good promotional tool for artists as evidenced by the soaring sales and was therefore not a copyright infringement [a]

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The website does not infringes anyone's rights since the music sharing was only among students which do not constitute the public [b]

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Only the rap musicians can bring a legal action since they were the true rights owners [d]

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