(It is left as an exercise for the reader to determine where the brains were *before* they rushed to the Congresscritters' heads...)

"*Congress Kills Big Penalty for Mix Discs*":http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/08/AR2008030801118.html
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Critics of the original version of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO IP) Act had complained that one provision would assess fines for each separate copyright work on a compilation work such as a CD, meaning the fines for a 10-song compilation CD would range from US$7,500 to $1.5 million, instead of the current $750 to $150,000. But the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property voted on Thursday to approve an amendment that stripped out the controversial provision.
"**":http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/08/AR2008030801118.html