[chudogg]

I wonder to, are they going after anybody that's ever done it or are they after people that did it after a certain date or are they going after people that have downloaded 1000's of songs?

If you have purchased the CD you are allowed to download a song for your personal use. So if someone was charged with downloading a couple songs they could just purchase the CD and bring it to court with them. But if you downloaded thousands of songs, it would be much cheaper to settle with them.

[PaxMacian]

"if you downloaded thousands of songs, it would be much cheaper to settle with them"

Not necessarily, if you buy them in vinyl, or tape form if it is old music or better yet, if you went to half.com many cds are only a dollar. Selling of USED cds can never be made illegal, no matter how they are used. This is the true secret harbor of music pirates.

[Herodotus]

Check on that; I saw on several sources that RIAA has some way of checking the 'signature' of the song, so that they can demonstrate it did not come from your own collection...