tigertom - 10:21 pm on Oct 5, 2007 (gmt 0)

I have no sympathy. This woman is unfortunate, but because of the 'newness' of this type of crime, I'd guess an example has been made, 'pour encourager les autres'.

Nerds who screech about the RIAA make me laugh. They'd screech even louder if someone copied _their_ original work without permission e.g. "some ******** scraper's ripped off my website, what do I doooo?".

Record companies spend millions on a stable of artistes, of whom _one_ might bring in the big bucks, if they can keep them off the drugs long enough. They have the moral and legal right to make their money back, at a profit, and protect their intellectual property.