I apoligise if you think I was attacking you, I thought i was just being sarcastic, so sorry if you took any offence.
I however must take issue with the record maufacturers. Off the top of my head I can't think of any other industry that takes such offence to someone listening to the product they have helped make!
I understand that music is an untangable medium to an extent, but I think it is more due to the greed and utmost hypocricy of manufactorers such as Sony who make the bloody walkman and then decide they won't let you listen to your music on it!
I have little sympathy for them to be honest, they have been charging us far, far over the odds for our music for decades, and they don't like it when the shoe is on the other foot! Yes that doesn't excuse people from downloading illegally, but they have gone completely the wrong way about it.
Dimmy, I make music too. I own several guitars, a bass guitar and I also LOVE messing around with magix music maker. So to that extent I consider myself a musician too. If I was a successful musician I would probably advocate people downloading my music.
People record music from the radio, watch music channels, without being accused of piracy. Yes it isn't the same, but is it really that different? No.
Everyone has a different stand-point on this argument, but people vote with their feet and hundreds of millions of people are downloading music illegally every day! I'm sorry but it's not going to stop, now or ever.
Products like Napster and Kazaa will hopefully destroy the record companies, and artists can (hopefully) in the future sell their music online and hopefully make money from it.