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Originally Posted by blondboinsd
I agree to an extend but I still think it's overkill Eric, and NOONE is going to stop downloading music because of this
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It kind of reminds me of something else....
Many years ago when I was in high school, a friend of mine was caught shoplifting from Macy's. Even though the item he was caught steeling was $30, Macy's demanded he pay them $300 or else they would prosecute him. The DA's office cooperated with them on this policy, and he paid the money to avoid prosecution. Macy's obviously figured that if they catch 10% of shoplifters and force them each to pay 10 times as much as what they shoplifted, then they would break even and thus the shoplifting problem would not result in any financial loss. I'm guessing the record companies are looking at this in a similar manor. The purpose of these suits may not be just to discourage piracy, but also to recoup some of the lost revenue.