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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
I can't see this decision as being anything but overkill... like executing an embezzler with a howitzer. Can it result in anything but an outcry of support for Thomas, and a backlash against the music industry?
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As many people on this board will be aware, I regard people who engage in so-called "piracy" as the scum of the Earth. However, I share your view that the fine in this case is excessive. A $20,000 fine I would have welcomed. 10x that is ridiculous; it's definitely not a case of the "punishment fitting the crime".
HOWEVER, let's not forget that this criminal was given the opportunity to settle for a few thousand $. She declined to do so, and so in a sense brought this punishment down on her own head. Nobody here is going to claim that she wasn't guilty of the crime she was charged with, I take it?