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Originally Posted by Stratos
There's no way the music industry can get even a fraction of those people who download pirated material, so fines of this magnitude is the only way for them to get attention. By these high fines they hope to discourage others from software piracy.
Sort of a modern way of chopping of the hands of thieves. Not "fair" perhaps, but they hope to send a message.
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Actually they can and do, as it's all automated. They use Limewire/Kazzaa after after a program matches soundwaves for a pirate copy, they automatically trace the IP of the uploader, then the FBI contacts the IP provider for the user info. They start with a cease and desist (remove the files) then go on from there.