A couple of nerds are going to get laid for going to jail over file sharing, in a case most famous only on slashdot and a few other niche websites? Their 'social standing' with a couple of visitors of said websites, most of whom they never met, never will meet and don't even know the names of, is going up, and this is beneficial to them how? They have (as far as I can tell) no demonstrated writing skills, no recognizable name to speak off, and they're going to get jobs based on that? And even if they get a job, anything they'll make will still be confiscated!

The reality distortion field is strong on this one. Just going to jail doesn't make one a 'bad boy'. I happen to remotely know a couple of people who did jail time over fraud charges (which is the 'crime class' there guys fall in, and the group they'll hang out with inside), and let me tell you, they really haven't turned into women magnets all of a sudden just because they've been in jail.