And those are good examples, Pontiac. I think one of the things that bother me most about all these folks trying to justify their positions is that they attempt to cloud the real issue by using the big companies as the whipping post. I care less about the big labels, and agree that they rip off artists. I agree that GM, et al, rip off folks. I fight about the use of sweatshop labor in Walmart/Kathie Lee goods every single day of my life. But to use that as the basis for justifying YOU taking from the artists just boggles my mind. To set up a system so that you can steal from the big boys that also allows and encourages you to take from the ones you profess to have empathy for, is madness and immoral. And to try and act like it is OK because it is easy and everyone does it has plenty of precedent in the pantheon of mass misdeeds.

It still comes down to you want what I create for nothing. And then you attempt to act indignant when we protest. Find me a way to use this technology to sell my efforts and support me doing more, and I will. But I will choose who I will give my music to.

Mick