Endanger people by driving recklessly? ~$300.
Cost penalty of a not-first-time DUI? <$10,000.
Cost penalty of uploading 31 copyrighted songs to the internet? $675,000. Upheld by federal court.
They're trying to make a point. I don't think the point that comes across is the one they were trying to make.
#2
sixpackshaker
meh. If you can't afford the fine, don't do the crime...
wait, that don't rhyme.
#3
Dave
Yeah, they'll get that money. Dumbasses. If they'd change their business model maybe they'd make money by earning it and not lawyering the shit out of people they'll never collect from.
Other sites have been talking about getting a kickstarter going to have people chip in on his fine, but to me, that sends a horrible message to the record companies and encourages them to continue shaking down everyone they can.
#6
Hailey Knight
This will continue to be a problem until people are only exchanging music whose artists never touched RIAA.
#7
Frank
I think, if put in that situation, I might do something far more illegal.
Seriously, the RIAA needs to be starved to the point where the only people who are left are the ones who give a damn and "get it" OR until their assets end up in the hands of other people who do.
