they just going after those who hosting 1000's of files as an example. most got nuthin to fear cus the scale of shit is unmanagable n soon hackers will write programs for people to mask ip shit if it's necessary.

the real issue is how/when the recordin industry is going to evolve. services like Itunes is a step forward. but i don't see terminals in music stores where u could burn a disk without having to pay for:

Packaging, CD production, CD distribution, some of the marketing costs, some of the labor cost, etc. etc. that go into a physical prepackaged cd.

this ain't happened cus the record labels have longstandin relationships with all the companies who do the above and they are applying mad pressure to not have this happen.

the thing is the record companies complain bout artists not getting paid but the facts show record sales are still increasing and any margin they (record company) is loosin out on ain't from their (artists) pockets. you may notice most artists who speak up the most own their own record labels, dre, madonna, etc. the average artist wit a cd out makes the majority of their earnins through concerts.

The real question is whetha you would be willin to do without expensive video's and maybe pay 30-40% more for a concert ticket if the music was free?

Or would you rather pay $10 an album? or $5, or whatever it ends up being in tha future.

pz

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