[BOBWADE]

I just think its funny that fair use allowed for limited sharing until the digital age came about. Now the music folks are crying foul about how easy it is to use their products without paying for the use. Its seems ironic that for years they had the buyers by the short hairs and milked them for every penny by overcharging for compact discs. Now everyone has the ability in their computer and realizes that the industry was overcharging everyone for the "cd" technology. I think its kind of funny that some people are now recovering their losses from an industry that gigged them in the a$$ for the last 20 years.

[Cultural Jihad]

I think its kind of funny that some people are now recovering their losses from an industry that gigged them in the a$$ for the last 20 years.

Just for the record, no one held a gun to anyone's head and forced them to go out and buy CDs.

[Sofa King]

>I just think its funny that fair use allowed for limited sharing until the digital age came about.

Legally speaking it didn't; but since it wasn't really a problem nobody cared. It was a non-issue. Now that it IS becoming a problem (since it is no longer limited), the RIAA is trying to stop it.

>Its seems ironic that for years they had the buyers by the short hairs

No they didn't; music isn't even close to being an essential. Everyone had the VERY practical choice of simply not buying CDs.