Brad

So just to clarify...all those people who are all for the RIAA suing people like this have never downloaded anything of peer to peer networks? Stop being a hypocrite.

I'm not afraid admit that I download songs. But I also go to the record store on a weekly basis. I probably have around 500 albums on either cd or record, I go to shows and I'd probably buy a tshirt too if it wasn't a raping ($40-50 for a tshirt, give me a break they are poor quality and probably only worth $20).

This is a tough issue for me because I love music and I try to support it as much as I can (I think buying 5-10 albums a month is pretty fucking good) but there are still loads of albums that I want from artists that either don't have their product in the record stores here (Toronto), or I just don't have the money to buy it.

Downloading is obviously a problem, but suing your customers is really unnecessary in my opinion. They are victimizing their own customers. Somehow I don't think that these suits are going to stop downloaders or uploaders all that much since the percentage they go after is so so so low when you look at the population in the US. They need to figure out how to survive and be profitable in this new age otherwise they are going to loose their customer base and go out of business anyways.

I would argue (and win) that Clear Channel has hurt the music industry far more than p2p networks ever will.

__________________