Sorry, but a 1.5 million dollar fine for downloading songs off the internet is ridiculous.
The song people don’t want the money anyway, they just want to scare the bejeebers out of others who might do the same thing.
It’s not about her. Setting damages she can’t possibly pay and has to appeal shows that this is makework for the lawyers.
The ridiculousness of the fine is a form of bullying to make “an example” of her. I think the price per song on itune is reasonable, and I have been thinking of buying a couple hundred songs for a while. However, just the thought that I would direcly or indirectly be rewarding the music industry bullies and their shameful tactics have so far kept me on the side line. The hateful nastiness of the political speach of most artists does not make me feel like contributing to their well-being either.