I thought 1.5 B is the penalty for one torrent, not for a couple million torrents.

At least if you're a regular citizen.

Make sure to grab the mother-of-all-torrents I guess if you're going to go that path. That way you get more bang for your 1.5B penalty.

$150,000 statutory damages for willful infringement.

So they only paid for 10k books?

A million torrents would cost 1,500 each.