[BenLurkin]

I don't claim to understand all the ins and outs of copyright law. Your detailed and thoughtful response is very much appreciated.

I will say this though: If these fines stand up in court, then RIAA will have shown that its interpretation of the law is corrct. If they are thrown out of court, then RIAA will have been legally in the wrong.

[Dark Knight]

That may be one thing I wish I could trust more...having a court make the right decision when it is David vs. Goliath.

But I do know that if the file sharing thing is declared illegal, the moral thing to do would be stop media payments to the RIAA. I was just looking near my computer, I have DVD RWs that will not have copyrighted material on them, I have Mini DV video tapes for my vid cam that will be all original content, I use CD RW's to back up my computer stuff, none copyrighted, except myself of course. I even hope I am following the EULAs on a bunch of programs I bought.

Why should be forced to pay them too? Sorry, I fell asleep and was dreaming again.

DK

If I were fixing the system, I would make copyrights and patents non-transferable with only actual people as the holders.