And I did differentiate above between internet copying (that is being put online for wide distribution) vs. personal copying of original media.
No one ever paid a $150,000 civil fine for copying a Schweckey CD. Or a fine of any amount for that matter. In fact, research the court cases and you wont find penalties (or even cases being brought in the first place for that matter) where the copying was limited to copying friend’s media (CD or MP3 library) directly from a friend, as opposed to a source of mass distribution (on either end).