You can see how the sentence increases with the value in the chart at 2b1.1 (b)(1) here: https://www.ussc.gov/guidelines/2015-guidelines-manual/2015-chapter-2-

You can see how the sentence increases with the value in the chart at 2b1.1 (b)(1) here: https://www.ussc.gov/guidelines/2015-guidelines-manual/2015-chapter-2-c#NaN https://www.ussc.gov/guidelines/2015-guidelines-manual/2015-... The value of the goods matters a great deal. The sentencing documents go into detail on it. The 11th court judge writes that the previous sentencing range, which he affirmed, was "largely based on a calculation that valued the infringed goods at $700,000." That put it in the range of 37-46 months, and prosecutors had threatened more early on when valuing the discs at $299 each. The plea deal took it down to 15.