They wanted a test case and for that one amount is as good as another.
I feel that the losses that the record industry has suffered in recent years are directly related to the poor quality products that they are producing rather than to piracy. I recently looked at the darknet (after a reference from an MR member in relation to MR book downloads being posted without attribution) and from what I could see most of the music posted was from back catalogs that were out of print and not available on Amazon or other stores but only through record collectors and auctions. This was not scientific or complete so I may have missed a lot.
All the current music being produced that I want I get directly from the artist. I find this a win-win for both sides. (It is a lot like getting the new Steve Jordan book directly from
www.SteveJordanBooks.com)