[wizzler]

I'm with Jhoffa.

Illicit downloading and copyright infringement suck because they violate an individual's property.

"Destroying" an individual's computer without due process sucks because it violates an individual's property.

[Jhoffa_]

My position exactly...

I wish I would have worded it as well as you did, however..

[Houmatt]

Illicit downloading and copyright infringement suck because they violate an individual's property.

Downloading films and songs before they become available to the consumer, sure.

But what about when there is an album out there where you only like one song off of it? Why should you be forced to pay in excess of $20 for a single song?

And how about songs that are either rare (as in not available in the USA) or out of print?

If record companies are not willing to serve consumers (in fact, there is clear evidence they are doing the exact opposite, and deliberately), then they will go elsewhere to get what they want.

That is what the RIAA does not seem to understand, and by golly, neither does that moron Hatch.