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Tenenbaum (born December 25, 1983) is from Providence, Rhode
Island. He earned his bachelor's degree in physics and
mathematics along with a music minor from Goucher College in
2006. He also earned master's and Ph.D. degrees in physics from
Boston University in 2008 and 2012, respectively.[2] He
currently holds a position in the department of physics at
Boston University and has published various papers since the
trial. His main areas of focus are network physics,
econophysics, and statistical physics.[2] Tenenbaum's issues
started as a college student where he was accused of spreading
songs to millions of people by uploading them onto websites like
Napster and Limewire.[3] The record companies alleged that they
had given him warnings of these crimes prior to the trial and
told him to stop what he was doing right away. They claim that
he had given a wide array of excuses as to why he was still