[Labyrinthos]

You are pretty pathetic. Call it what you want, rationalize the behavior anyway you want, but like it or not, the copyright laws prohibit the use of another's creative work without that person's consent. Online music swapping is not like a library, because libraries are not-for-profit, educational organizations that buy the books that they then loan out free of charge under the fair use doctrine. Kazaa, Morpheus, Grokster, and similar websites are commercial businesses that are making money by facilitating the unauthorized transfer and use of someone's artistic work. Although the music industry may very well have failed to keep pace with the times and modern technology, that does not give you or anyone else the right to steal the music anymore than it gives you the right to rob a gas station that still uses old fashion pumps, or hack into a computer and steal personal information because the person who owns the computer hasn't kept up the firewall up to date. And while the music industry may be guilty of charging a lot of money for a CD with only one or two hits, that does not give you and your gang of thieves a license to steal the music any more than you would have the right to rob a restuarant because you were served a lousy meal. And just because I don't like you as a person, that doesn't give me the right to beat the crap out of you and steal your wallet.

[mrMJ]

Pathetic... Hardly. But enough about Me.

You need to use your noodle. Why do you care so much? Everyday people go to work to meet the specifications and demands of their customers. They have to do things that they might not like to deal with, but if they don't, their livelihood diminishes. This what the music industry needs to do. You call it theft, I call it a change, but either way the industry needs to adapt to the situation and figure other ways to make profits. I'll tell you right now, there will be no way to stop it whether you believe it is right or wrong. And that is the 'funny' part about it to me. It will drive you and thousands of other people insane(to the point of calling other people names), yet you can do absolutely nothing about it.

It all boils down to this-- you cannot control the situation whether you sit here beat the hypothetical bible(copyright laws), go out and become a hacker yourself and destroy other people’s hard drives (like a vigilante), go to law school, write your legislator, and on and on and on... It is your fundamental choice now, if you think it is wrong, don't listen then, spoil all the fun for yourself, and waste your money at the record store on an industry that isn't needed anymore-- But do me one favor before you start flaming up on people again, think about how stupid you might make yourself look for caring so much about something you can't do anything about. I know it’s not too hard to make yourself sound tough or smart on a computer screen, so stop pretending.

[Not Insane]

__And while the music industry may be guilty of charging a lot of money for a CD with only one or two hits, that does not give you and your gang of thieves a license to steal the music any more than you would have the right to rob a restuarant because you were served a lousy meal.__

So true. But then, prohibition didn't give people the right to drink, but sometimes an unpopular law must be brought to a close. I still pay to see music performed live.

Paying money for recorded music is SOOOOOO twentieth century.

Right or wrong, we must all "get used to it."