Originally Posted by squeeeb

it sounds to me like the chick is guilty. apparently she had been given the chance to settle for $3,000 to $5,000 earlier in the case but didn't, probably because she thought she could fight it, deny everything, an win. that is where she went wrong. i think the whole thing is stupid, but the music industry wants to make someone an example and they randomly chose her. they have more lawyers and money and they will eventually get what they want. i think 1.92 million is ludicrous and i don't see that woman ever paying it, but she did something illegal, she got caught, and now she has to pay, which makes sense to me.

even if she did manage to pay it, did they make an example out of her? really? is everyone going to stop file sharing? no. but the music industry has to "save face." why don't they just lie and release a story of how they nabbed someone for file sharing, went to court, and won lots of money and the person did some time? this way they can "make an example" without going through all the bullshit.

really, the lack of record sales has nothing to do with filesharing, but that's another thread.

but the record company isn't all to blame. what gets me is when someone commits a crime and they get caught, they get all indignant and upset about it. she was wrong, she got caught, she should take responsibility for her actions and deal with it, instead of trying to fight it and get out of paying for what she did.

reading this story....its like watching a cripple fight.