Comments on: Online stealing costs woman $1.9 million http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/06/20/online-stealing-costs-woman-1-9-million/ A veteran's view on marketing games Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:07:25 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Peter St. John http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/06/20/online-stealing-costs-woman-1-9-million/comment-page-1/#comment-4691 Peter St. John Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:15:56 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/?p=1960#comment-4691 It's actually not the best result for the RIAA - her defense will claim (with some reasonable justification, I'd add) that a $2m fine is a penalty that violates the Constitution's edict against 'cruel and unusual punishment'. And even if it stands, the music industry is never going to see that money, so all they've got is another round of bad publicity... It’s actually not the best result for the RIAA – her defense will claim (with some reasonable justification, I’d add) that a $2m fine is a penalty that violates the Constitution’s edict against ‘cruel and unusual punishment’.

And even if it stands, the music industry is never going to see that money, so all they’ve got is another round of bad publicity…

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