A former Boston University Student ,Joel Tenenbaum was ordered to pay 675,000 dollars for sharing 30 songs over Kazaa. The Case will not be seen in the by Supreme Court.  Joel Tenebaum, petitioned the court to have his fines reduced, but the court sent it back to the trial levelus supreme court

Joel Tenebaum fine is roughly the sum total of what a college graduate making an average wage after taxes would have accumulated in 17 years.