[IncPen]

I guess auto workers who steal SUV's off the assembley line are justified, since the product is prohibitively expensive and it "screws" all the suppliers who don't get a big slice of the profits.

Nonsense.

I'm saying the people using Napster aren't motivated consumers at $15 per CD.

And RIAA can bleat all they want about 'the law', but it's bad law- ridiculous law- that they're hiding behind, and the market is showing them why.

[Jhoffa_]

It's no nonsense.

Who would buy when they can steal?

And to read here, I guess it's justified if the people you're stealing from are rich fat cat's right?

(the unions use a similar, "moral" argument to justify their extortion)

[babygene]

"I'm saying the people using Napster aren't motivated consumers at $15 per CD."

Your right about this.

There is a group of people who buy CD's of new movies when they come out. Other people (like me), if they see them at all it's when they are on TV for free.

Olso, some people buy a new car every year. Other folks pick up something from the used car lot. (Ford doesn't get paid again when a person buys a used car)

Many of the older folks are not intrested in the "new" music and the stuff they would like to listen to is not available on the shelf. They are not motivated buyers of the new stuff and can't buy the old stuff.