I agree completlly, we do need reform in the laws. An 8 year old child downloading a few songs is certainlly not that same thing as as a large scale piracy operation making a fortune selling bootlegs of those same few songs and the punishment should not be the same. As far as their tactics of forcing setelment out of people, it is nothing but extortion and they should be held criminally liable for it. If they don't have solid evidence against someone they have no right to go after them, much less threaten and coerce a setelment out of them. They are not threatening on the basis of guilt and punisment, they are threatening on the basis of you cannot afford to fight us.

@JayC30, I really don't have any problem with big companies or the concept of making a profit or getting rich. I do have a problem with the kind of tactics they use. This is a lot more than fair buisness practices making an honest profit.