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> 5. Stalk someone: The fine is $175,000

In case anyone on HN suddenly got worried, stalking under US law requires repeated harassment of the person in question. Intensive Googling isn't a criminal offense.

Shouldn't you include (jailTimeInYears * annualIncome)?
They did mention that in the murder point. But they should probably also mention (criminalRecord * yearsLeftInYourLife * declineInFutureEarnings).
Is it appropriate to compare fines to settlements and judgments?
Clearly the cheaper-overall solution is to murder the RIAA execs?
Not very accurate since many of those include jail time. Murder is also not capped at 15 years. You can easily get life or in some states, death.