It could easily amount to more than the $220,000 that they were recently awarded. It might also finance a class-action suit against the RIAA for people who have been accused but had the suits against them dropped for lack of evidence or whatever reason.
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2007/10/riaa_fees
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2007/10/riaa_fees