I think you should get a job as an RIAA cheerleader. Let's throw this punk into jail for 10 years.
What this kid is wanting to do does not even approach the threshold of what I consider "stealing."
Two buddies sharing music --- for non commercial purposes. This is no different than sharing CD collections with each other.
Get a grip. There is still something called "fair use." If anything falls under this doctrine, this does.
Consider a quote taken from
Wired :
"As the 40 percent increase in downloads over the last year makes alarmingly clear, like it or not file sharing is likely to (continue) on a massive scale no matter how many suits are brought and what the fine print of copyright or criminal law says," Eisgrau said. "Second, putting a tiny percentage of tens of millions of American file sharers behind bars or in the poorhouse won't put one new dime in the deserving pockets of artists and other copyright owners."
We are not even talking about p2p sharing here. Just two friends sharing music. No conspiracy.