(Darn decimals)

Lessee, 600 songs amounts to approximately 50 CD's worth, right (assuming they're extracted from MP3 format). Had he bought them outright, that would have been a purchase of about $850 or so. Artists get a cut of what, about 2-3% of each disk sold (if that), so they were denied their rightful profits of at most $25.50 total. $25.50 divided by 600 = .0425 (call it a nickel).

So if the evil downloader were to just forward a dime for each song to each artist he 'violated,' he'd be paying out double damages to those he stole from, everyone could go home, and RIAA would see justice served.