Would you pay USD$9,250 for a Song?

Apparently one woman did. No willingly perhaps, but she has been ordered to pay USD$222,000 to the music recording industry for allegedly sharing 24 songs online.

A little extreme, don’t you think? Kinda changes our view on the price of Peanuts huh?

And it probably doesn’t bode very well for the guys over at Xedo Defence either.

:Links:
+Reuters: Music industry wins song-download case
+ Recording Industry vs The People
+Sony BMG: Making One Copy of a Song You Own for Yourself Is Stealing
+Idiotic Jury Awards RIAA $222,000 for 24 Pirated Songs
+Four reasons why the RIAA won a jury verdict of $220,000 today