Hey, when did everybody become frigging lawyers? Screw the RAII and their high-dollar lawyers (who this is REALLY all about). Fair to say that no amount of "illegal" file swapping can begin to even the score between these record inductry scumbags and the public that has been getting reamed by them for at least 30 years. 18 bucks for a CD? And then they complain about people sharing? Ridiculous. And this whole rap they're putting out about the Artists being short-changed because of file-sharing is a JOKE. The artists have already been reamed and put up to dry by the time they even have a CD out to rip.
If the artist wants to make a living, they'll have to do what they've always had to do - play gigs and sell t-shirts. Most artists have an atrocious "deal" with their label regarding sales - merely a couple of pennies on the dollar.
And the live thing is also going away since most venues and ticket outlets have begun major gauging in that arena as well.
Gimmie a break.
