Ars Technica demonstrates just how stupid the RIAA is: they think it would be reasonable to fine up to $1.5M for copying a 10 song CD (bearing in mind that, in their heart of hearts, they believe that ripping your own CD is illegal):

Not content with the current (and already massive) statutory damages allowed under copyright law, the RIAA is pushing to expand the provision. The issue is compilations, which now are treated as a single work. In the RIAA's perfect world, each copied track would count as a separate act of infringement, meaning that a copying a ten-song CD even one time could end up costing a defendant $1.5 million if done willfully. Sound fair? Proportional? Necessary? Not really, but that doesn't mean it won't become law.

Remembering that individual tracks go for $1, all I can come up with is that the record labels have gone completely around the bend. If there's a spot beyond denial, they've found it.

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