ToolWraith, lets say you are selling that wallpaper, for $10.You make a lot of many and stuff but then from 1 moment to the other your sales stop, and nobody is buying anymore, and then you notice that someone has put up your wall on kazaa.

I'll answer that with this:

I think that Kazaa and other p2p progs are abused, but if structured correctly could become an asset to artists.

As i've said before, its unfortunate that the majority of users are abusers...

They always do Keith and always have. I have no sympathy for the RIAA. This isn't about musicians. It's about rich executives who sit behind a desk, make money ripping off others work, and now want to sue little children. I say GO RIAA!! - To hell.

I look at it as record companies realizing that if they don't do something their scheme of ripping off customers and artists could be over. That's basically what they do... rip you and the artist off, it takes less than 2 bucks to make a CD, and they charge you 16 for it, the executives make way more money than the artists when all the talent and creativity comes from the artists. I wouldn't mind if the artist directly charged me 16 bucks for their work, at least I know all the money is going to them, but as long as the executives keep getting rich with their own old scheme with their own rules i won't give em a dime.

MTV sucks.

And please, quit it with that children nonsense. Nobody is prosecuting any children, it's a media hype.
If your child is wearing his seatbelt, he's not the one getting fined, YOU are (or the driver).

If your child is wearing his seatbelt, he's not the one getting fined, YOU are (or the driver).

Sorry, correction in the above. It makes no sense this way. This should be better:

If your child isn't wearing his seatbelt, he's not the one getting fined, YOU are (or the driver).

ToolWraith....the person making the music available via kazaa is 'stealing' via distribution.....and you are guilty of what is known as 'receiving stolen goods'....

Anyway, i'll REALLY be ticked off if the government takes action against P2P sharing. There are SO MANY other Pirating and theiving going on somewhere on the web or even in physical form somewhere down an alley in downtown NYC. But you know, what are we gonna do these days, we have an oil tycoon as president and the terminator as Cali's Governer. (i'm sure he's getting tips form our wrestling governer friend Jessie Ventura)

Oh.....using the net to pass the word about artists of all kinds can be a 'great thing'....but at the moment what we see is a bunch of kids getting 'something for nothing' [as is their wont], and justifying it by fatuous statements that the RIAA is 'stealing' from the artists anyway....[ignoring the fact of mutually agreed contract]....

Well, get caught, and then base your defense on the fact that your ISP tempered with their logs.

"Officer, I was going at 55, I'm sure it's your radar that's broken!"

Good luck!

I dont even download music, I just hate it when ppl sue other ppl thinking that getting numbers in theyr bank account will solve everything. Im all for streaming though.