Why would they seek such large damages? According to your source, they believe on some level that these lawsuits won't deter piracy, and I find it difficult to believe that she will be capable of paying the damages in full, or that the win will offset the legal costs of Capitol records.
In fact, fast forward to the present, and we see that this has gone through several retrials (meaning she probably hasn't payed a cent to capitol records), and the damages have been upped to $1.5million.
So, what are the short term gains from these sorts of lawsuits, are the precedents they set enough to get damages from other suits?
Example: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2007/10/riaa-jury-finds/
Why would they seek such large damages? According to your source, they believe on some level that these lawsuits won't deter piracy, and I find it difficult to believe that she will be capable of paying the damages in full, or that the win will offset the legal costs of Capitol records.
In fact, fast forward to the present, and we see that this has gone through several retrials (meaning she probably hasn't payed a cent to capitol records), and the damages have been upped to $1.5million.
So, what are the short term gains from these sorts of lawsuits, are the precedents they set enough to get damages from other suits?