The business model that you layed out, Harvey, is just about the one that a lot of the the manufacturing folks used over the years in a wide variety of areas, to drive hand craftsmen out of business, as well as competitors with fewer technological and financial resources--the only step you left out is the last one, which is, when the handcrafters and other competitors are driven out of business by the flood of free or cheap merchandise, the manufacturers raise their prices--

Be that as it may, Harvey, may I remind you that, defend as you may SOCAN and ASCAP, RIAA and their ilk, they do not "protect" you unless your publishing/recording company is a member, which I'll bet it isn't--

Now, what I think would be an interesting exercise, would be to figure out if all of this legal business is doing anything other than costing publishers and recording companies millions of dollars a year in legal fees and salaries for SOCAN, ASCAP, RIAA directors--

Incidentally, Harvey, I found an MP3 file of one of your tunes while I was cruising with Limewire and I sent a message to the person who was sharing your file to the effect that you didn't appreciate it--no reply, though--