Well that I agree with. I don't think nearly as many people would have a problem with this if the statutory penalty were in the $1,000 per song range. But $1.

Well that I agree with. I don't think nearly as many people would have a problem with this if the statutory penalty were in the $1,000 per song range. But $1.5 million dollars just seems absurd. One problem with my graffiti analogy is that there's a precise way to measure the actual harm to the victim from graffiti, whereas with file sharing it's very nebulous and almost entirely centered around punishment as opposed to restitution.