Among other reasons: Part of the problem is how the RIAA has chosen to handle this situation. First: they are fining students--people who don't normally have any money to spare. Second: The amount that they are asking for -- if they started with smaller fines and proved to people that they have the ability to find out who is performing these illegal activities, I think fewer people would have an issue with them. People can own up that they did something wrong and have to face the consequences...but 15K or 50K is really an exhorbant amount to ask for.
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Among other reasons: Part of the problem is how the RIAA has chosen to handle this situation. First: they are fining students--people who don't normally have any money to spare. Second: The amount that they are asking for -- if they started with smaller fines and proved to people that they have the ability to find out who is performing these illegal activities, I think fewer people would have an issue with them. People can own up that they did something wrong and have to face the consequences...but 15K or 50K is really an exhorbant amount to ask for.