US Filesharer Ordered To Pay $2 Million Damages To RIAA

Our Comments

$80,000 per song is slightly over the top and not likely to act as a deterrent. The problem is that it will take too long for the judicial system to extract the money from the filesharer even if s/he is guilty. In the meantime, the RIAA has to pay its legal team and these lads don't come cheap.

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