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“(4) REASONABLE COMPENSATION - The term `reasonable compensation’ means, with respect to a claim for infringement, the amount on which a willing buyer and willing seller in the positions of the infringer and the owner of the infringed copyright would have agreed with respect to the infringing use of the work immediately before the infringement began.”

In what way would this apply or not apply to people who share mp3’s over peer-to-peer networks?

Where is the catch that prevents someone from using this clause in a court case to reduce the damages owed to the RIAA from tens of thousands of dollars, to a more accurate triple digit number?