[aislephive]

Keep in mind in the past few years a lot of artists gained a lot of popularity by people illegaly sharing music. There is no doubt that the music industry as a whole has lost a good amount of money due to pirated music, nobody is disputing that. But let's face it, this is the internet. It's virtually impossible to prevent people from downloading free music. Not only that, but it can be done with incredible ease. Furthermore, this is a law that is not even enforced, so people have no incentive at all to stop. It's ridiculous that some woman, who from what I understand is a single mother and nowhere near wealthy is being charged nearly a quarter mill for a crime she probably didn't even know she committed. Even if she did, the penalty is not justified.

Stupid country.