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Well then you make my point, which is - if the price is right, you'd be willing to pay a monthly fee to access songs and movies for download. The price isn't really the issue. It's the business model.

As for listening to Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) - the beauty of it is that you could taylor your downloads to your taste. And if they didn't offer it, you could always go to another site that does and pay them.

The amount isn't the issue here. The fact is, if the access is there - most people are willing to pay for it.

You'll always have the pirates, granted. But that isn't ever likely to change.

But what else isn't likely to change is that there will be a segment of the audience which will never go to the trouble to buy the hardware and then learn to do it. They'll always go to a music store or video store to buy what they want.

The RIAA and MPAA would do well to avoid the waste in legal fees and embrace the trend. It's what they're audience wants. And they will pay for it - if it's affordable. And the RIAA/MPAA could conceivable SAVE money in packaging - shipping - and a host of other fees which some with distribution.

But, they've learned NOTHING from the cassette/videotape lawsuits which they spent millions trying to prevent the technology and then MADE BILLIONS as a result of it.

And they'll do the same thing here.

$12??? I doubt it unless the amount of movies and music offered is incredible. I listen to CCM music, so I would not be interested in the secular stuff. If no big CCM collection was offered, but the movie collection was huge, I would be willing to pay $5 a month for the movies.