The killer here is "the cost of licensing such performances is greater than $5,000". How it works: They claim the cost of licensing the song you've streamed is

The killer here is "the cost of licensing such performances is greater than $5,000". How it works: They claim the cost of licensing the song you've streamed is 5,001$, and you're jailed. And it's not obvious that they can't name an arbitrary sum as cost of licensing. I don't know how much it applies to USA, but otherwise this scheme has already been used thru the world.