ABSTRACT
Although proponents of P2P networks argue that it is highly unlikely that the defendant will ever be able to pay even a fraction of the grossly disproportionate sentence and that, if the record industry has accomplished anything in this trial, it was to terrorize potential music customers at great cost, industry spokespeople celebrated the outcome as a decisive victory in their battle against le sharers, who they blame for a $6 billion loss in revenue in the past few years (SheŠner, 2009).
