If you download our music we'll cut off your leg!

I was greatly disturbed by some of the statistics that came out of the Lawrence Lessig reading. I have often been involved in debates over the legality of downloading files over the Internet and for the most part balanced myself between the two, being able to see both sides of the argument. Although, since reading about examples of possible law suits for $98 billion and fines of up to $750 million for Internet based “pirating” compared with a measly $250,000 lawsuit against a doctor who cuts of the wrong leg in an operation.

I am not to sure who comes up with the fines, but I can just imagine them sitting in their office discussing fines…

Article 1: Little girl downloads two songs of the Internet… $300,000 in fines!

Article 2: Doctor cuts off the wrong leg in an operation… $250,000 in fines!

Until they can develop some sort of common sense then perhaps I wont feel so bad the next time I think about downloading something.