A Boston University law student has been slapped with a $675,000 file by a judge in the US District Court of Boston who blames the pupil of illegally downloading 30 songs and sharing them online.

It was actually the Recording Industry Association of America who took, Joel Tenenbaum in custody for illegally downloading 30 copyrighted songs from a Peer to Peer network and was asked by the court to pay the fine for the harm done.

However, Judge Nancy Gertner gave a waiver by lowering the fine by 90 per cent to just $67,500. She added that the amount asked to pay was "unconstitutionally excessive".

The present amount still heavy is a mode to teach a lesson for illegal downloader’s.  
 
Judge further added: “It not only adequately compensates the plaintiffs for the relatively minor harm that Tenenbaum caused them; it sends a strong message that those who exploit peer-to-peer networks to unlawfully download.”