I believe the industry is wrong on this new twist. What one does for ones personal use should be construed as fair use. But the hitch comes when one hooks up to a file sharing server. That, in my mind, is where the intent to defraud the artist, and label, occurs.

One thing I have learned in organizing unions and bargaining contracts, is that it is a mistake to try and stop technology. One must simply control how it is used. Theft is theft. If you are using technology to take my propertywithout my specific permission (intellectual, financial, personal data, or physical), then you are stealing and should be held accountable. The mistake was made early on when the industry should have went after folks before we had a whole generation that feels there is nothing wrong with what they are doing.

No mitigation of guilt can be allowed. If you are using the computer to get something for nothing that you normally have to pay for, that is wrong.

Mick