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So, you're arguing that the fine should be $0.99 times the number of people who downloaded each song this person shared, times some kind of multiplier for punitive damanges?


That would be something that would probably be palatable to a lot of people. It is based in fact, not in some arbitrary figure pulled out of the air.


Well it should be even lower than $0.99. I would be shocked if Apple is making zero profit for their iTunes store. They are probably charged something like $0.75 a song per person. This should make for a good baseline for these cases.




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