Arizona’s Jeffrey Howell did several things on his way to being ordered to pay the RIAA a $40,500 fine for downloading songs such as “Waiting For A Girl Like You,” “Money For Nothing,” and “Sweet Child O’ Mine” using peer-to-peer file-sharing service Kazaa. After…

1. Failing to hire a lawyer…
2. Wiping his hard drive after a Judge ordered him not to…
3. Downloading rubbish Guns N’ Roses…

…he now owes $40,500 in damages, plus 2.12 percent interest until he pays it off, plus $350 in costs.

source: smnnews