[killjoy]

Great business model. Sue your customers. I used to buy a few music CDs a week. I started using file sharing to find new artists and then would buy their CD if I liked them. Not anymore. I will never give a dime to buy another RIAA related item.

If I want to listen to something, I download it online. Usenet, BitTorrent, there are plenty of options. If I can't find it online I will go down to the local I.T. mall and for a few dollars buy a DVD filled with the latest albums... all without a penny going to the RIAA's lawyers.

P.S. RIAA you can send your threat letter to me here in Thailand and I will be more than happy to laugh at your stupidity... while my newest MP3 is playing in the background.

[SauronOfMordor]

There's a new model of music sharing that these guys cannot monitor (unless they insert spyware on everybody's PC, which I wouldn't put past them). With very large hard drives and WiFi, teens just get together and merge their music collections on each others laptops whenever they get together. Or copy music to 1 GB keychain flash drives. Nothing on the internet, no way to monitor,

[RedStateRocker]

Better yet, go see local bands and buy their CD's directly from them.

[rwilson99]

Congratulations to each of you for your tortured situational ethics.

The folks at DU would be proud.

The people who get tagged for these fines deserve it, period.