$220,000 dollars to the RIAA for a woman who was sued for downloading songs. Instead of settling out of court for a few hundred to a few thousand, she went to court and lost.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/...n3330186.shtml
(the reader comments at the bottom are classic).
Ding. Hey Gideon, want to talk about the risk / reward levels for people downloading stuff? Want to discuss what the courts would do to someone seeding the stuff?